Koford's Akodont occurs on the eastern Andean slopes from southern Peru to central Bolivia. Records include high-elevation grassland, shrubland, cloud forest, and Polylepis woodland.
Its fur is dark olivaceous brown, with no contrasting patches, and its tail is well haired.
It has been recorded in moist highland bunchgrass, disturbed shrubland, Alnus cloud forest, and Polylepis woodland.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.