This small palm squirrel lives in damp forest. It has subdued coloring and faint stripes, and observations in India record it feeding on nectar and fruit.
Its coat is described as dull olive to tawny, with faint, inconspicuous stripes on the back.
It is shy and secretive in damp forest with dense vines. In India’s Palani Hills, observations recorded it eating nectar, fruit, seeds, and bark.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.