This small leaf-nosed bat is recorded at five sites in southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sabah. Its dorsal hairs are dark brown with creamy-white bases and middle sections. It was collected in lowland primary forest; its roosts are unknown.
Its dorsal fur is dark brown, with creamy-white bases and middle sections. A rounded, swollen structure is present in the center of the noseleaf.
Type specimens were collected in lowland primary rainforest. The authors suggest that forest-gap understory or edges may be foraging areas based on capture locations, but the roosts remain unknown.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.