This curious creature is restricted to a small natural range and has never been common. Now, because of logging operations and slash-and-burn agriculture, much of its habitat is being destroyed, and its survival is seriously threatened. It has long soft fur and a tail with more hairs than that of Echinosorex. It feeds on insects, worms and even carrion, which it finds in grasses and among stands of moss. Nothing is known of the stands of moss. Nothing is known of the breeding habits of Mindanoa moon rats.