This rodent occurs in the Cerrado of central Brazil. Records include cerrado sensu stricto, the edge of wet campo, open gallery forest with bamboo, and the edge of disturbed cerradão.
Adults have grizzled reddish-brown to yellowish-brown dorsal fur. The ventral hairs are cream on the upper half and gray at the base. The tail is slightly bicolored, dark gray above and light gray below.
It was captured in cerrado sensu stricto, at the edge where wet campo meets that vegetation, in open gallery forest with bamboo, and at the edge of disturbed cerradão.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.