Tate's striped possum lives in forests on Fergusson Island, moving through trees at night and feeding on insects, fruit, and leaves. Three dark stripes run along its back.
The account describes a slender animal with three dark stripes over a white or gray back and a dense coat.
It is described as nocturnal and arboreal, using rainforest and sclerophyll forest and eating insects, fruit, and leaves.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.