This cottontail rabbit is known from specimens collected in lowland forest in Suriname. The appearance described in the species paper is based on an adult female type specimen.
The adult female holotype has an orange-rufous nuchal patch. Its back has brown hairs with black tips, while the underside is mostly white to pale cream.
The examined specimens came from localities in the Guianan Moist Forest ecoregion. The paper does not provide detailed feeding or daily-activity observations for the species.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.