This rat occurs in the Cordillera de la Costa of northern Venezuela. It is recorded in humid evergreen and cloud forests, and its yellowish back is densely grizzled with fine brown hairs.
The upper fur is yellowish and densely brown-grizzled, while the underside is grayish white. A white pectoral patch is present in some individuals.
The account records it in mature humid evergreen forest and in disturbed humid forest and cloud forest. Ferns, vines, mosses, and epiphytes are among the plants described in these forests.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.