The greater dog-like bat has light and dark brown color phases, with paler fur underneath. It uses wet forests and wetlands, eats insects, and roosts in groups in caves and tree hollows.
Its coat occurs in light and dark brown phases, and the underside is paler than the back.
It is nocturnal and insectivorous, and roosts in small to medium-sized groups in fallen logs, hollow trees, caves, and abandoned mines. It is recorded in wet forests and around marshes and swamps.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.