This small carnivorous marsupial is recorded from rocky areas in northern Australia. Reported food includes insects, spiders, and small skinks.
North Island specimens described in a 1991 paper had brown upper parts and pale buff underparts, with moderately furred tails.
Reported prey includes grasshoppers, crickets, spiders, and beetles; small skinks are also reported as food.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.