This hocicudo is known from a few localities in central Bolivia. It is the smallest species in its genus, with paler reddish tips on the back fur than a close relative.
It is the smallest species in the genus, and the tips of its dorsal hairs are paler and more reddish than those of the related O. hiska.
Specimens from the type locality were collected in humid forest with trees about 6 m tall, lichen-covered trunks, and dense ground cover of lichens, ferns, and mushrooms. The account says no other natural-history information is available.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.