This rodent is recorded in the mountains of eastern Ecuador. It has long fur, a grizzled yellow-brown back, and a paler underside.
The paper describes a long, shaggy coat, a grizzled yellow-brown back, and a gray-based belly with a yellow wash. The whiskers are dark and the hind feet broad and dark. The exact Ecuadorian locality of the older type specimen is uncertain.
The author collected ten individuals in subalpine rain forest near Papallacta, Ecuador. Six were on moss and liverwort mats on branches; four were on the ground. This is a sample from one locality.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.