This flying squirrel occurs in the southern Philippines. It is nocturnal and moves among trees in wet tropical and subtropical forests.
The back is chestnut brown mixed with gray, while the belly is buff brown. Three long tufts of hair are reported on the sparsely furred ears.
The monograph describes it as nocturnal and arboreal, and reports it from wet tropical and subtropical primary forest. Records span 500–1,600 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.