This brush-furred rat is recorded from Sheko Forest in southwestern Ethiopia. The study reported two specimens, and its habitat requirements remain unclear.
The back is blackish reddish, with bright red at the hair bases and blackish tips, without pale subterminal bands. The underside is apricot-colored.
Two specimens were collected at 1,930 m in disturbed humid afromontane forest. Ficus and a Coffea understory were noted, but habitat requirements remain unclear.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.