[2] It is endemic to Mexico where it is found in certain montane forests in the Sierra Madre Oriental in the northeast of the country.

The fur is about 10 mm (0.4 in) long and the individual hairs have blackish bases and brown tips.

[4] This bat is endemic to Mexico where it is restricted to a small area in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León and Zacatecas in the Sierra Madre Oriental range in the northeast of the country.

It has specific habitat requirements, being confined to montane forests with Yucca and pinyon pine.

[1] The mountain forests with yucca and pinyon pine where the flat-headed myotis lives are limited in extent and subject to logging and man-made degradation.