This arboreal rat is recorded from Luzon. The 1982 taxonomic paper said that only two specimens were then known, leaving little detailed information about its life.
The paper's abstract highlights broad upper incisors and large molars as distinctive features.
The original account treats it as arboreal, but only two Luzon specimens were known at the time, and behavioral and dietary information was limited.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.