It has a short, nearly bare tail, small eyes, and ears hidden in its fur. Its coat is soft gray-brown, and it is recorded in bamboo and pine forests in China.
Its tail is less than half its body length and almost hairless. The eyes are small, the ears are hidden by fur, and the fine coat is soft and gray-brown.
In a reserve in Guangxi, dens were more often found above 1,000 m in areas with dense shrubs, and farther than 1,000 m from human settlements.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.