It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines.

Strahan and Conder hypothesized that it was a reference to the appearance of its nose-leaf.

[3] It is nocturnal, roosting in sheltered places during the day such as limestone caves.

At night it forages for its insect prey by gleaning them off substrates and aerial hawking.

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