This fruit bat has no tail and tubular nostrils. Records from Peninsular Malaysia are mainly from relatively undisturbed forest.
It lacks a tail, has tubular nostrils, and does not have white-edged ears.
It has been captured in lowland and mountain forest. In Peninsular Malaysia, records are mainly from relatively undisturbed forest, with some from disturbed forest.
A 2008 study found substantial genetic distance between Peninsular Malaysian and Bornean samples and suggested they might represent two species.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.