Specimens compared in southern Qinghai were reported to have darker fur than the related N. fuscus. A separate survey in an alpine pastoral area of the Tibetan Plateau collected animals identified as N. leucurus by morphology.
Specimens compared in the Tanggulashan Mountains of southern Qinghai were reported to have darker fur than the related N. fuscus.
The species was among the rodents collected in an alpine pastoral survey on the Tibetan Plateau and was identified by morphology. The same study reports that DNA barcodes could not distinguish the three Neodon species.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.