Grey cheeks and a pale tail base are characteristic. It occurs in secondary and partly logged forests and uses tree hollows as nests.
Its cheeks are gray, and the base of the tail is pale.
It has been reported in secondary and partly logged forests, rubber forests, and forest edges.
It uses its incisors to excavate holes where dead branches have fallen, then lines the nest with bark fibres from meranti trees of the genus Shorea.
The fur on the chin, chest, and undersides of the forelegs is white.
The belly hairs are black at the base and white at the tips.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.