This flying fox is recorded on Buru and Seram in Indonesia. Its back is mottled dark brown with a thin dark stripe, while the underside is grayish white. Records are from mid-montane forest at about 700–900 m.
The fur is somewhat long and woolly. The back is mottled dark brown, with a thin dark stripe on its lower half, and the underparts are pale grayish white.
It is recorded in mid-montane forest at elevations of about 700–900 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.