Its back is gray-black with a brown-gray tinge, and its underside has gray-white fur with black roots. The 2022 supplement describes moist mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest at about 3,150 m as its habitat.
The fur from head to hip is gray-black with a brown-gray tinge, and the back is covered in fine, dense hairs. The underside hairs are gray-white with black bases. The tail is described as essentially one color: black above and only slightly lighter below.
The species account places this vole in moist mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest at about 3,150 m. It describes trees about 15–18 m tall and a 5–10 cm humus layer on the forest floor.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.