The Dalat Gymnure is known from the Da Lat and Dak Lak Plateaus and nearby lowlands in southern Vietnam. Specimens come from several settings, including forest and grassy edges.
The description reports rusty chest fur in males. It suggests this may be seasonal, but the color was absent in specimens collected in April and in one specimen inferred to be from winter.
This animal lives in southern Viet Nam, where juveniles have been recorded from mid-September to mid-October. At a southern Vietnamese locality, a juvenile female and an adult male used the same trapping position on consecutive days. Two other juvenile females were collected on consecutive days at positions three metres apart.
The describing researchers recovered these details from collectors’ field notes archived at the US National Museum of Natural History. The juvenile female and adult male were taken in the same trap on consecutive days; the two juvenile females were likewise collected on consecutive days at nearby positions. Snap traps were baited with banana and manioc. Alongside preserved bodies and skulls, these notes document the proximity of capture locations and their respective dates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
The describing authors recommended research on tolerance of habitat degradation. They documented this species in Bu Gia Map and Cat Tien national parks and called for surveys of other potentially suitable protected areas.