This lemur has light brown to gray upperparts, a prominent facial fork and dorsal stripe that runs from the tail's tip to the point where it splits on the lemur's head to rejoin at the nose, and a white-tipped tail.

It is found in lowland and mid-altitude humid forests and is nocturnal.

It is an omnivore, eating tree gum, sap, bud exudes, insects and larvae.

This species is relatively unknown, though it is threatened by habitat destruction.

It was previously considered a subspecies of the Masoala fork-marked lemur (Phaner furcifer).