It has a dark reddish-brown back, a white underside, and pale spots near the ears. HMW treats it as a small species known only from its type locality in coastal dunes of northeastern Libya.
The type specimen has dark reddish-brown dorsal fur, a white underside, and pale spots near the ears. Its long tail is bicolored and ends in black hairs.
HMW lists coastal sand dunes as the habitat and describes the species as terrestrial.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.