The flat-headed kusimanse has dark fur tipped with lighter tones and a crest behind its ears. It searches beneath stones and branches with its nose and claws.
Its brown-black fur has lighter tips. A crest of hair rises between the ears and the nape of the neck.
It uses long claws and its snout to turn over stones and branches, searching for insects and small animals underneath.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.