This brush-furred rat is recorded in Central African lowland rainforest. Its back is reddish brown, and adults have striking yellow-red fur on the throat, chest, and belly.
The back is reddish brown and unspotted. Adults have striking bright yellow-red fur on the throat, chest, and belly; the tail is sparsely covered with short hairs and looks nearly naked.
Specimen records and a specialist synthesis place it in West-Central African lowland rainforest. The 1996 paper interprets the main range as forest between the north bank of the Zaire River and the Cross River, while noting an isolated record farther east.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.