This rodent has records from forests in southern Brazil. Its coarse upper fur is orange-brown, and records span several forest types.
The upper fur is coarse and orange-brown. The tail is slightly longer than the body and ends in a bushy tuft.
Specimens have been recorded in coastal Atlantic rainforest and inland Araucaria and semideciduous forests. Only those species-specific habitat records are used.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.