[2] In 1951, Ellerman and Morrison-Scott classified it as a subspecies of the little tube-nosed bat with a trinomen of Murina aurata ussuriensis.

Fur on the back is tricolored, with reddish brown tips, pale middles, and dark roots.

[4] Trees used for roosting include Litsea acuminata (a laurel species), Neolitsea sericea, Camellia sasanqua, Ardisia sieboldii, Cinnamomum camphora, and Ficus superba.

It is a relatively short-lived species for a bat, with maximum age recorded as 4 and 4.5 years for males and females, respectively.

[7] The Ussuri tube-nosed bat is affected by endoparasites such as Vampirolepis yakushimaensis, a species of Hymenolepidid tapeworm.

V. yakushimaensis was described as a new species based on 13 specimens recovered from the small intestine of one individual.

[9] It was also one of the first bat species in Asia to test positive for Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome.

One individual tested positive for the fungus during summer sampling of a cave in Northeast China.