This shrew-mouse is recorded from mountains in northern Luzon. In the study, it was found in mossy forest and was predominantly active during the day.
The specimens described in the paper had dark reddish-brown fur above and slightly shorter, paler orange-brown fur below.
On Mount Amuyao it was recorded in old-growth and lightly disturbed mossy forest; on two other mountains it was also found in disturbed mossy forest. It was predominantly diurnal.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.