The Delicate Salinomys is recorded around salt flats and other habitats in the Monte Desert of west-central Argentina. Its species account describes a nocturnal, terrestrial animal that eats seeds, arthropods, and other foods.
It has large ears and pale patches behind the ears and above the eyes. The back is grayish olive, the underside is white, and the long, two-toned tail ends in a tuft.
The account describes it as nocturnal and terrestrial, eating seeds, arthropods, and halophytes. Recorded habitats include salt-flat margins and patches of Prosopis.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.