This Philippine endemic rodent is recorded from Mount Tapulao in northwestern Luzon. It feeds on small animals and seeds on the ground at night.
Its back has dense, soft, dark-brown fur. The tail is about 82–90% of head-and-body length and is dark above and pale below.
It is documented from mossy forest at 2,024 m, in both old-growth and regenerating secondary forest. At night it forages on the ground for earthworms, other invertebrates, and seeds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.