One Peruvian specimen had golden-brown fur with darker tips and raised pads above the muzzle. The authors say genetic and chromosome studies are needed to confirm its identification.
The specimen assigned to this species in Peru had golden-brown fur with brown tips on the back and belly, and inflated pads above the muzzle.
Literature records place it in mixed savanna, gallery forest, lowland evergreen rainforest, and Atlantic Forest. The single Peruvian specimen was caught in open savanna by a ground-level mist net.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.