This leaf-nosed bat lives in lowland tropical forest on New Guinea. The IUCN account reports hollow-tree roosts and one record of three bats inside a curled banana leaf.
In the identification key, the posterior leaf of the noseleaf lacks an additional structure projecting behind it.
The IUCN account places it in lowland tropical forest and reports small groups roosting in hollow trees. Three bats were once found inside a curled banana leaf.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.