Jentink's Dormouse is a dormouse with large eyes and reddish-brown fur. Specimen records span forests from West Africa toward the equatorial region, although some localities remain uncertain.
It has large eyes, short rounded brown ears, and a tail shorter than its head and body. The back is reddish brown and the underside is usually gray.
Specimen records come from areas with both primary and secondary rainforest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.