This vole lives in high mountain areas around the Himalaya, in valleys and rocky places above the tree line. It is nocturnal and builds nests from rock and grass.
The tips of its back fur are ochre. Its winter coat is longer and denser, and its furred tail is bicolored.
It is nocturnal and builds nests from rocks and grass. The species account reports activity in cold high-mountain conditions.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.