A broad golden stripe runs along its back to the base of the tail. This arboreal rat rests in tree hollows by day and forages at night for flowers, fruit, insects and grasses.
A broad golden-orange stripe runs from the top of the head to the base of the tail. Its sides are gray, its underside creamy white, and the tail ends in a longer-haired brush.
It is nocturnal. By day it rests in tree hollows, hollow logs, pandanus foliage or among rocks; at night it forages on flowers, fruits, insects and grasses on the ground and in trees.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.