This free-tailed bat is known from Papua New Guinea. Its species account records lowland savanna woodland and a roost in a eucalyptus hollow; nine specimens came from one such tree hollow.
HMW describes pale gray-brown fur with a lighter underside, a wrinkled upper lip, long narrow tapered dark wings, and triangular ears that are not joined.
It is recorded in lowland savanna woodland, with a eucalyptus tree hollow used as a roost. One hollow held nine collected specimens.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.