This rodent has a grayish-brown back with a dark rufous middle and a creamy-white underside. Records are from lowland rainforest, secondary forest, and farmland in western and central Africa.
In the HMW account, the back is gray-brown with a dark rufous midline. The sharply defined creamy-white belly may be tinged with orange.
HMW records it in lowland rainforest, clearings, disturbed and secondary forest, farmland, and secondary bush around farms.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.