This small vole lives around the Pyrenees. It is found in forest clearings and edges beside subalpine or hay meadows.
It has an elongated body, short legs and tail, reddish-brown back fur, a gray belly, and a tail that is dark above and pale below. Its small ears are partly buried in the fur.
It favors forest clearings and edges beside subalpine or hay meadows. In the Pyrenees, it has also been recorded in clearings of black pine, birch, and beech woods, and near mountain streams or stone walls.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.