A small vole recorded from Europe to Central Asia. It uses forests, scrub, and hedgerows.
The account describes a small body, small eyes and ears, thick brown-to-grey fur, a rounded snout, and a tail shorter than the body.
It is recorded in deciduous and coniferous forests, taiga, scrub, hedgerows, and wetlands. The account says it is mainly active at dawn and dusk and stores food in summer and autumn.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.