This northern Australian rat has a long, brush-tipped tail. It forages mostly on the ground, eating mainly grass seeds, and uses hollows or hollow logs for shelter.
The back is grizzled gray to golden brown, with a rufous patch on the neck. The underside is white to cream, and the long tail ends in a black or white brush.
It forages mostly on the ground and eats mainly seeds, especially grass seeds, as well as some fruit, flowers, leaves, stems, and invertebrates. It shelters in tree hollows and hollow logs, and sometimes in palm crowns.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.