This rodent lives in moist African grasslands. An older natural-history account describes it eating grass and nesting on the ground; a 2014 skull study lists records from Guinea east to Tanzania.
A juvenile half-skull recovered at Mt Oku in 2014 had the species' characteristic dental pattern. Tooth shape in the skull helps identify it.
A 1981 source describes it as mostly active by day, herbivorous, and nesting on the ground in moist grassland. These are summaries of older literature.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.