This akodont is known from four localities south of the Huallaga River in Huánuco, Peru. It has been recorded in mountain cloud forest.
The olive-brown back contrasts with an underside ranging from smoke gray to whitish. The tail is dark above and mostly white-haired below.
It is known from mountain cloud forest in Huánuco. The description lists specimens from four localities south of the river.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.