Its back is orange-brown and sharply separated on the flanks from the pure white belly. The feet are white, and a well-developed pencil of black hairs marks the tail tip. It is found in dry savannas and grasslands in south-central Kenya and north-central Tanzania.
The dorsal pelage is orange-brown, while the ventral pelage is pure white with a sharp boundary on the flanks. The feet are white with naked soles, and the long tail has a well-developed pencil of black hairs at its tip.
It lives in dry savannas and grasslands in Acacia savanna, is nocturnal, and uses deep burrows.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.