This rodent is recorded in the mountains of eastern Colombia and western Venezuela. It lives in dense upper páramo forest and is active at night.
The account describes tawny-olive and black dorsal fur, a cinnamon underside, and a black tail with a white tip.
It is described as nocturnal and solitary, using spaces beneath mossy roots and logs and moving from the ground into low vegetation.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.