This small bat is recorded across eastern Australia. It occurs in dry open forest and woodland and roosts in caves, rock crevices, and similar shelters.
It is a small bat with a chestnut-brown head tinged rufous and darker wings. Its ears are small and conical, and its nose is short and upturned. It is difficult to distinguish from related species.
Its ecology is poorly known. It is usually found in dry open forest or woodland near cliffs or rocky overhangs and roosts in caves or disused mines; occasional records come from wet eucalypt forest and rainforest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.