This flying fox is recorded on Grande Terre and Île des Pins in New Caledonia. Its fur is dense and dark gray to black, with short rounded ears and fur on the lower legs. The Handbook of the Mammals of the World places it in humid primary and secondary forest; it infers a hard-fruit diet from tooth shape.
The coat is dense and ranges from dark gray to black. The ears are short and rounded, and the lower legs are furred.
The species account reports humid primary and secondary forests. Tooth shape is interpreted as suited to harder fruits, but the account does not present direct observations of particular foods.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.