It is a bat with a large noseleaf and broad ears. A fleshy prominence lies behind the noseleaf, and it uses caves as roosts.
It is a large leaf-nosed bat, intermediate in size between H. lylei and H. pratti, with a distinctly different skull shape.
At least some individuals roost in caves. Records come from degraded mixed deciduous and semi-evergreen forest and from undisturbed semi-evergreen forest.
In the echolocation calls of two examined individuals, the constant-frequency component was 63.6 kHz.
Its ears are large and broad, with bluntly pointed tips and a slight concavity in the rear margin just below the tip.
The fleshy prominence behind the noseleaf is well developed in males and can be smaller in females and immature animals.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.