The Vietnamese subspecies M. l. ngoclinhensis is recorded in wet montane evergreen forest. Its dorsal fur has a coppery reddish tone and three-colored hairs.
In the Vietnamese subspecies, the back is coppery reddish brown, with dorsal hairs that are dark at the base, pale in the middle, and reddish at the tips.
Three individuals of this subspecies were caught in harp traps set along paths in wet montane evergreen forest, where streams were also present.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.