This small rodent is known from the highlands of central New Guinea. The original account treated four specimens recorded in mossy montane forest.
The specimens described in the original paper had gray fur above and below, with a slight brown tint above. Some had a white tail tip.
The four known specimens came from mossy montane forest at 2,440–3,050 m in the Bismarck and Hagen ranges.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.