This small marsupial lives in arid northern Australia; one winter study found it active by day in the dry season.
A specialist review of mammal names describes the species as small-bodied with reddish fur.
Near Port Hedland, a study population was active by day in the winter dry season and entered torpor in burrows at night. Beetles and ants dominated the sampled diet.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.