The eponym for the species name "spurrelli" is Herbert George Flaxman Spurrell, who collected the holotype.

The holotype, an adult male, was collected 60 mi (97 km) west of Kumasi, Ghana at an altitude of 700 ft (210 m).

[2] Spurrell's free-tailed bat is a small species, with a forearm length of approximately 27 mm (1.1 in).

Its fur is a rusty red color on its back, with its ventral surface a buffy white.

[2] Its range includes several countries; it has been documented in Cameroon, Central African Republic, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo[1] As of 2017, it is evaluated as a least-concern species by the IUCN.