The Minca Spiny-rat is a spiny-rat from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia. Its documented records are from lower-elevation forest on the mountain slopes.
Its back is reddish brown flecked with black, the sides are paler, and the underside is white. The tail is about 90% of head-and-body length.
It has been recorded in tropical forest on mountain slopes from sea level to about 500 m. The consulted account gives no specific diet or activity schedule.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.