This small rodent lives in arid central Australia. Its back and sides mix gray and clay-colored hairs, and the inner surface of the ears has white hairs.
The back and sides have gray-based hairs with clay-colored tips and longer black guard hairs. The inner surfaces of the ears have white hairs.
Most captures came from stony ridges and rises or gravelly plains. Pebble mounds were commonly associated with those habitats.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.