The sides of the face are ochraceous, the color extending up behind the ears, and there is a dark area surrounding each eye. The rump is bright ochraceous, the throat is rusty, and the underparts are creamy. The flesh-colored ears are covered with short hairs. The long, slender tail is also covered with fine, short, light-colored hairs and is slightly penciled. The claws on all the digits are short.
Females have eight mammae.
Chiromyscus lives in forests and is probably arboreal. No other information on its natural history has been recorded.