This medium-sized rodent inhabits lowland Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil north of the São Francisco River. Records come from both mature and disturbed humid forest. Its yellowish-brown back is heavily grizzled with dark brown.
It is a medium-sized rodent with yellowish-brown dorsal fur heavily grizzled with dark brown. The underside is grayish white and clearly separated from the back. Its ears are short and rounded, and the tail is slightly shorter than or about equal to head-and-body length.
It is recorded in humid forest across coastal lowlands north of the São Francisco River. The species account includes mature evergreen and semideciduous forest as well as disturbed forest, from near sea level to about 400 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.