Loring's Thallomys is recorded in western, central, and southwestern Kenya and northern Tanzania. It lives in trees in acacia woodland and savanna scrub.
It has large ears and a long tail, with a buff-gray back, pale underside, and brown tail.
It lives in acacia trees, shrubby woodland, and savanna thickets. It builds nests and routes among canopy branches.
It feeds on plant material and invertebrates.
The long tail helps it balance and can also partly grip supports.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.