This flying fox lives on New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. It has a dark gray-brown face and a whitish-gray mantle, and is recorded in lowland and hill rainforests and secondary forests bordering gardens.
Its face is dark gray-brown. A faint white ring surrounds each eye and extends toward the side of the muzzle. A darker band runs from the muzzle between the eyes and onto the forehead; the mantle is whitish gray with a central band of yellow-tipped hairs.
It is recorded in lowland and hill rainforests and secondary forests bordering gardens. Two individuals were observed eating cluster figs, and roosts in foliage are described as solitary or in small groups.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.