This small mouse is known from the Nilgiri Hills of India in the cited account. It is described with a long tail and snout, small eyes, and a montane evergreen-forest habitat around 1,500 m.
The chapter describes a long tail and snout, small eyes, and a body mass up to about 30 g.
The account places it in montane tropical evergreen forest around 1,500 m, with dense ground cover and a low canopy.
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