A burrowing rodent of the Argentine central highlands. Its back is ochre-brown, and the tail is darker above and paler below.
It is medium-sized, with a fairly uniform ochre-brown back and ochre underside. The tail is dark brown above and pale cream below.
It burrows in stony soils, leaving mounds of excavated earth at the surface. Its activity schedule has not been determined; the national assessment describes a herbivorous diet including seeds and leaves.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.