This arboreal echimyid rodent occurs in northeastern Brazil. Records include fragmented forest patches, coastal forest, and semideciduous forest.
The back is ochraceous brown streaked with black, the flanks are paler, and the underside is pale cream to yellowish. The long tail ends in a tuft of hair.
The species is reported from lowland semideciduous forest, humid forest patches within Caatinga, and coastal humid forest. The paper’s additional specimen was found in second-growth restinga.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.