This small marsupial is known from specimens collected east of the Magdalena River in northern Colombia. Collection sites include lowland rainforest and lower montane moist forest.
The back is dark fuscous to reddish brown and paler at the sides. The midline of the belly is white, with gray-based hairs forming a band along the sides of the abdomen.
Specimens were captured in lowland rainforest and lower montane moist forest on the western slope of the Cordillera Oriental. The paper does not report detailed feeding or activity behavior.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.