The mountain tube-nosed fruit bat is a medium-sized species with dark gray, wood-brown-grizzled fur and short, rounded ears. It is recorded in New Guinea's upper montane forests, but its basic ecology is little known.
It is medium-sized, with a forearm length of 54.8–67.4 mm. Its dorsal fur is dark gray and grizzled with wood-brown, and its ears are short and rounded.
The 2017 revision says the basic ecology of this species remains virtually unknown. The sources do not establish its diet or daily activity pattern.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.