It weighs between 10-25g, placing it in the mid-range of dunnarts.

Its colour is grey, gingery on the upper body and underbelly, with white feet.

[3] The Kakadu dunnart lives near the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia around the Kakadu National Park.

It prefers a habitat of stony woodlands on a hilly geography.

[3] Little is known about the social organisation or breeding habits of this species, as it is not well studied, but it probably breeds in the dry season and may burrow.