This dasyurid marsupial lives in New Guinean forests. A montane-forest study found beetles frequently in its diet and recorded released animals climbing trees.
A 2018 Papua study described short fur with brown, black, and gray mixed together, and a tail nearly as long as the body. That study captured one male of this species.
In a montane-forest study in Papua New Guinea, beetles were the most frequent item in diet samples, with grasshoppers and other insects also recorded. Released individuals were often observed running up trees.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.