[5] Broken color patterns support crypsis in the golden-tipped bat;[5] thick pelage and wooly fur provide thermal insulation.

[5] Female bats use the canopy of a tree for a maternity site;[5] Roosts, and their broken patterns of pelage, enable this species to hide from their predators.

[6] They also hover-glean, flying slowly and taking prey from elevated places such as high tree trunks.

[6] The golden tipped bat use broad bandwidth echolocation to find precise localization of a target.

Additionally, they use high frequency echolocation to find stationary prey such as spiders on their webs.