Field records for this spiny rat are scarce. One reported juvenile from Colombia was found as prey at an elevation of 810 m.
The reported juvenile male measured 265 mm from nose to tail, with a 122 mm tail. These measurements describe one specimen, not the species-wide range.
A juvenile caught in Colombia was recorded as prey of a banded calico snake. The paper notes that the species had scarcely been studied in the wild.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.