This small marsupial has a long face, dark fur, and a tail about as long as its body. It lives in wet forests of the Andes.
It has a long face and coarse, dark fur on its back. The tail is about as long as the body and looks sparsely furred, though it is covered with white hairs.
In its account of the genus Caenolestes, ADW says they are active in the evening and at night and stay in passages beneath tree roots by day. They move on the ground and can also climb.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.