The great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat is a large bat with gray-brown fur and leaf-like folds on its nose. It rests in caves by day and emerges early in the evening.
The back and belly are gray-brown to dark gray, and juveniles are darker than adults. Its noseleaf has four small supplementary leaflets.
It commonly rests in caves by day and has been recorded emerging early in the evening. Its flight is rapid and agile, often circling trees.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.