This small marsupial occurs in southern Chile and a small part of southern Argentina, foraging beneath leaf litter in damp forests.
Its dark-brown to gray body is shrew-like, with small rounded ears and a short, sparsely haired tail.
Often caught at night, it forages under leaf litter for soil invertebrates and earthworms. Its diet also includes plant material and fungi.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.