This rodent is known from montane forest on Mount Banahao, Luzon. Its dark brownish-gray back grades into a gray underside, and its tail is dark. The study records came from primary montane forest between 1,250 and 1,465 m.
The dorsum is dark brownish gray and the underside medium gray, with no sharp boundary between them; the tail is uniformly dark.
The studied animals were recorded in primary montane forest on Mt Banahao at 1,250–1,465 m. The same survey did not record them in the sampled lower secondary forest or higher mossy forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.