This species is found in Central and South America. This bat is known from Mexico, northwest Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Brazil (Simmons 2005). It occurs at elevations 45 m in French Guiana (Simmons and Voss, 1998), 155 m in Venezuela (Eisenberg, 1989; Handley, 1976), and at 320 m in Peru (Graham and Barkley, 1984). In Belize is known from colections (Reid pers. comm.).