A mouse of Australia’s arid zone. Recent records are concentrated on stony plains in South Australia, with scattered records in the Northern Territory and Queensland.
It weighs about 30–50 g. The back is gray to gray-brown and the underside white or cream; the tail is no longer than the head and body and can be pale underneath.
It is nocturnal and digs burrows at shrub bases or in soil cracks. Nest chambers are lined with dry grass and other vegetation.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.