Its back hairs have whitish to yellowish bases and dark-brown tips, and the underside is yellowish brown. It is recorded in dry forest in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru and eats insects.
The dorsal hairs are two-colored, with whitish-yellow bases and darker brown tips; the underside is yellowish brown.
It is reported from tropical dry forest west of the Andes, from sea level to about 550 m, and is insectivorous.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.