This rat is recorded on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, from 1,700 to 3,600 m in mountain forest, alpine moorland, shrubs, fields, and degraded forest.
HMW calls it the Dark-colored Brush-furred Rat but gives no detailed coat pattern or measurements.
It occurs at 1,700–3,600 m in forest and moorland, and also in fields, shrubs, and degraded forest. No diet or activity details are given.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.