Gaskell's False Serotine is known from just one recorded specimen at one site on Sulawesi, Indonesia. It eats insects, but most of its basic ecology remains unknown.
The 2021 assessment reports only one known specimen and gives no detailed description of its fur color or markings.
It is insectivorous, but much of its ecology is unknown. The single known specimen was captured at the edge of primary forest in a small clearing.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.