Pearson's Tuco-tuco is a burrowing rodent. Its reddish-brown coat has a white collar below the throat and white patches on the sides of the neck.
Its fur is reddish brown, with a white collar under the throat and white patches on both sides of the neck.
It is mainly solitary and lives underground, briefly emerging to cut grasses and forbs and carry them back to its burrow.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.