The Short-furred Atlantic Tree-rat is known from its type locality in southern Bahia, Brazil. A 2015 rodent account describes the specimen and its setting in evergreen broadleaf forest near the coast.
The back is pale rusty red-brown, the underside buff, and the tail is covered with rusty fur.
The account places the type specimen in evergreen broadleaf rainforest near the coast.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.