Pittier's Crab-eating Rat is a waterside rodent from the mountains of northern Venezuela. It has been recorded beside shallow streams flowing through forest.
Its fur is short and dense, with a silvery appearance on the underside. The account also notes features of the feet, whiskers, and tail related to a waterside way of life.
It uses shallow flowing water and eats small aquatic invertebrates. Records describe it as mainly nocturnal and solitary.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.