The Dinagat gymnure is known from Dinagat and Bucas Grande islands in the Philippines. Its coarse golden-brown coat and long snout are distinctive.
It is relatively large for a gymnure, with a long, narrow snout and coarse golden-brown fur. It lacks the true quills of hedgehogs.
The account describes it as nocturnal and insect-eating, while also noting that its field ecology is still poorly known.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.