This small rodent occurs in the Amazon Basin. Its upper fur is yellowish brown with fine black tips, its underside is white, and it is described as terrestrial in lowland rainforest edge habitat.
The upperparts are dull yellowish brown, finely lined with black-tipped hairs. The underside is white in the holotype but faintly buff in some specimens; the ears and nearly naked tail are small or sparsely haired.
The species account describes it as terrestrial and as an inhabitant of edge habitats within lowland Amazon rainforest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.