[2] It is found near the coast in Kenya and Tanzania where it feeds in tropical dry forests and roosts in caves.

[3] This bat is endemic to East Africa where it is restricted to the coastal strip of Kenya and Tanzania.

Its range extends from the Tana River estuary in Kenya to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, as well as the islands of Pemba and Zanzibar.

[1] In general, these bats are resident, but a distinct population of larger and darker individuals in southeastern Kenya migrates every year to an unknown destination.

[3] Hildegarde's tomb bat is a diurnal species, hunting through the forests for grasshoppers, butterflies and moths, and roosting at night in caves and other underground locations, often sharing its roosts with the rather more common African sheath-tailed bat (Coleura afra).