The Nicaraguan woodrat is recorded in montane forests of southeastern Honduras and northwestern Nicaragua. Its coat is described in comparison with a close relative.
Its coat is described as more orange than that of the Mexican woodrat, and the shape of its cheekbone arches helps distinguish the skull.
It has been recorded among rocks in remnant pine-oak forest at about 1,000 m elevation. It is considered nocturnal, though the source presents this activity pattern as presumed.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.