This rat has a gray to gray-brown back and a pale underside. In a southern Luzon survey, most captures came from less disturbed mid- and high-elevation forest.
Its dorsal fur ranges from medium gray to gray-brown, darkening toward the middle of the back; the underside is cream to sandy gray.
In a southern Luzon mountain-forest survey, most captures came from undisturbed mid- and high-elevation forest: 30 of the 35 recorded rats.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.