It is a small bat with rounded ears and a simple noseleaf without supplementary leaflets. In Karnataka, it roosts in subterranean caves.
The four bats collected in Karnataka were small, with rounded ear tips and no supplementary noseleaf leaflets.
In the 2013–2014 Karnataka survey, one male and one female were captured at each of the subterranean cave sites at Hanumanhalli and Therahalli.
In the 2013–2014 survey at Hanumanhalli, it shared a subterranean roost with Hipposideros fulvus, H. hypophyllus, H. speoris and Rhinopoma hardwickii. Only H. durgadasi was found in the cave surveyed at Therahalli.
In the Karnataka specimens, the basal half of each dorsal hair was cream and the outer half pale brown, with long black hairs interspersed. The ventral fur was cream with pale-brown tips.
In the four Karnataka bats, the tail was enclosed in the membrane between the hind limbs except for 1.22–2.38 mm of its tip projecting beyond the membrane.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.