This species is mostly recorded from a range of tropical moist forest types typically rainforest, but sometimes from dry or wet sclerophyll woodland where they adjoin rainforests. It roosts as solitary animals, or in small groups of up to a dozen individuals, amongst dead leaves and other foliage, in caves, or sometimes in disused buildings (Burgin 2019, Woinarski et al. 2014, Bonaccorso 1998). This species switches roosts frequently, usually staying in the same roost for 4 days or less before moving to the next roost which may be between a few meters and a kilometer away (Burgin 2019).

This species has been recorded from north and southeast Sulawesi including Peleng, Buton and Kabena Islands, Flores and Sumbawa islands in the Lesser Sunda Islands, and on the Moluccan Islands of Bacan Batjan, Buru, Ambon, Ceram, and Gorong (all Indonesia). It has been recorded from scattered localities on the island of New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea), including the islands of Umboi and New Britain in the Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea). In Australia, it is known from a number of localities in northern Queensland up to the Iron Range area and then south between the Shiptons Flat-Cedar Bay area and Mount Zero near Paluma (Burgin 2019; Woinarski et al. 2014; Flannery 1995a,b; Bonaccorso 1998). It has been documented from sea level to 2,800 meters asl.

This species has been recorded from a number of protected areas including Rawa Aopa National Park, Kakanauwe Forest Reserve, and Lambusanga Forest Reserve (Sulawesi, Indonesia), Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Papua New Guinea and several national parks in North Queensland Australia including Mt. Hypipamee, Cedar Bay, and Wallaman Falls National Parks. The species is generally very poorly known and additional information on the species ecology, threats, distribution and population size and trends would be beneficial.