This small lemur is recorded in the Anosy region of southeastern Madagascar. Its back is dark brown and its head is reddish. Night transects at Sainte Luce from 2011 to 2018 recorded it in all four study fragments in littoral forest.
The dorsal fur is dark brown, the head is reddish, and a dark stripe runs along the middle of the back. The underside combines dull beige and dark grey.
Nocturnal walking transects at Sainte Luce from 2011 to 2018 recorded it in all four littoral-forest fragments studied. The study also reports sightings in degraded habitat and at forest edges there.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.