Abundance: 0.05 to 0.42% (median 0.15%)

Latitudinal range: -15.3° to 18.4°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (7), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

Found in 10 samples

Brazil: Alter do Chäo, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Reserves 1501 and 1401, Barreirinhas, Una (cabrucas)

Colombia: La Reserva Natural La Montaña del Ocaso

Mexico: Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (forest fragment bats), Los Tuxtlas (forest, 1990 - 1992)

Peru: Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana, Valle de Pozuzo, Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape

See also Thyroptera devivoi, Thyroptera discifera, Thyroptera tricolor