The Malaysian field rat is a largely arboreal rodent found in secondary forest and plantations on the Malay Peninsula and nearby islands. It mainly eats fruit.
Its back has grizzled brown fur and its belly is white to off-white. Its ears are large and thinly furred, and its tail is usually slightly longer than its head and body.
It mainly uses trees and often eats fruit. In Malaysian oil-palm plantations, it is reported to shelter in piles of cut fronds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.