This broad-nosed bat occurs in eastern Australia. Its back is dark brown and the underside is duller and paler. Records come from wet forests and more open woodland.
The back is dark brown and the underside is duller. The forearm is reported as 32.4–38.8 mm long.
It roosts in hollows of old trees and sometimes in buildings. The Australian Museum describes a hollow about 7 m above ground near Canberra, and records the bat in tall wet forest, rainforest, and more open woodland.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.