This rat has a cinnamon-brown back and creamy-white underside. The 2017 account describes a single subadult specimen found in a cut-down tree in lowland rainforest on Vangunu Island.
The dorsum is cinnamon brown, with hairs buff at the base, gray in the middle and cinnamon brown at the tip. The venter is creamy white, fading from the back. The feet are broad and long, brown above and pink below. The tail was damaged when the specimen described in the 2017 account was collected.
The specimen described in the 2017 account was found in a cut-down kapuchu tree in lowland tropical rainforest at 145 m. The account relays reports of feeding on coconuts and Canarium nuts; nocturnal and arboreal habits are described as probable.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.