This squirrel lives in montane and lower montane forest on the Malay Peninsula. Its tail has alternating brown bands, and the tips of its long guard hairs are buff.
The tail has alternating dark and medium brown bands, and the tips of the long guard hairs are buff.
It is recorded in montane and lower montane forest on the Malay Peninsula, including a primary-forest record from Fraser’s Hill.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.