A ground squirrel collected in China's Helan Mountains. A 2024 study describes it in forest grassland and desert plains, feeding mainly on plants and occasionally on insects.
The 2024 Helan Mountains study describes large protruding eyes and reduced outer ears.
The Helan Mountains study summarizes its habitat as forest grassland and desert plains, and its diet as mainly plants with occasional insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.