This flying fox occurs in the Solomon Islands. It depends on lowland primary forest, and museum material describes its fur as dull brown compared with the darker fur of related monkey-faced bats.
Its fur is described as dull brown, unlike the blackish fur of related monkey-faced bats.
The species is recorded in primary forest below about 1,000 m. The revision also describes old-growth forest as important for foraging and roosting across the genus.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.