This rodent has mottled fur and short, rounded ears. It lives in tall grasslands and eats grasses and cane.
The back and flanks are mottled gray-brown or yellow-brown, while the underside is grayish or whitish. The ears are short and rounded, and the tail has sparse, short bristles.
It is mainly nocturnal but is sometimes active by day. It shelters in tall grasses such as elephant grass and feeds mainly on grasses and cane.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.