Latitudinal range: -12.6° to -4.0°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (5)

Found in 7 samples

Peru: Reserva Cuzco Amazónico (1989 snap traps), Reserva Cuzco Amazónico (1990 snap traps), Pozuzo (small fragment), Iquitos–Nauta Highway, Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana (Sherman traps), Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana (Tomahawk traps), Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana (Victor traps)

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