Sorensen's leaf-nosed bat was described as a new species in 1993 by Darrell Kitchener and I. Maryanto.

The holotype had been collected in 1976 by Bapak Sudarmanu in Gua Kramat near the town of Pangandaran in West Java.

[2] It is highly colonial, roosting in caves in large aggregations.

[1] Sorensen's leaf-nosed bat is endemic to the Indonesian island of Java, where it has been documented at a range of elevations from 0–1,000 m (0–3,281 ft) above sea level.

[1] As of 2021, Sorensen's leaf-nosed bat was evaluated as an endangered species by the IUCN.Its cave roosts are protected, but if disturbance were to occur, its populations could rapidly decline, becoming critically endangered or extinct.