The Tana Toraja hill rat was described from montane forest on Sulawesi, Indonesia. The original specimens came from Mount Gandangdewata in the west-central part of the island.
The adult skins in the original description had dark brown upperparts with fine buff and black speckling, and buffy dark gray underparts.
The original specimens were collected in montane forest on Mount Gandangdewata in west-central Sulawesi.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.