Steinbach's tuco-tuco is a burrowing rodent recorded in eastern Bolivia's Santa Cruz Department. It has dark dorsal fur and a gray collar extending from behind the ears.
The species account describes light-black dorsal fur, a grizzled mix of whitish and black hairs underneath, and a light-gray collar extending from behind each ear.
The study recorded it in open savanna, closed-canopy sites with yucca and banana, and land affected by sugarcane cultivation or cattle grazing.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.