The terraced rice rat occurs in Brazil. Its head fur is gray-brown while its body fur is orange to reddish-brown, and it is associated with forest habitats in the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest.
The head fur is gray-brown and the body fur ranges from orange to reddish-brown. Its tail is weakly bicolored, with variation among individuals.
It is associated with forest formations within the Cerrado, including gallery forests and ecotones, and with Atlantic Forest habitats.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.