Latitudinal range: -18.3° to 2.3°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical savanna (4), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2)

Found in 9 samples

Brazil: Pinkaití Research Station (ground), Araguaia National Park (grasslands), Alta Floresta (Sherman traps), Emas National Park (live traps), Emas National Park (pitfall traps), Fazenda Santa Fé, Fazenda Lago Verde, Fazenda Aparecida

French Guiana: Trois-Sauts

See also Hylaeamys, Hylaeamys acritus, Hylaeamys perenensis, Hylaeamys sp., Hylaeamys yunganus