This small rodent was described from four specimens collected on Kai Besar Island, Indonesia. It has cinnamon-brown upperparts and a white underside; the specimens came from lowland evergreen rainforest at 200 m.
The upperparts are cinnamon brown, the underside is white, and the tail is gray-brown. The coat is described as woolly.
The four specimens in the original description were collected about 2 km west of Fakoi on Kai Besar, at 200 m. The site was disturbed, partly open low evergreen rainforest with bracken and low sedges.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.