This rodent has a thick gray to gray-brown coat, a pale underside, and a white tail tip. It is primarily arboreal and is recorded in lowland forests across the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and nearby islands.
Its back is thickly furred and gray to gray-brown. The underside is cream to buff, and the long tail ends in white.
The species is described as primarily arboreal. Records from Malaysia include primary and secondary lowland forest and rubber plantations.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.