Rothschild's zokor is a Chinese burrowing rodent with gray-brown fur tipped in red. It digs complex underground burrows and feeds on grasses and roots.
Its fur is grayish brown with red tips, and the underside is light grayish brown. A white forehead blaze occurs in some, but not all, individuals; the hairy tail is grayish yellow above and white below.
It digs complex burrows in soft soil and feeds on a range of grasses and roots. Breeding begins in spring, with one litter of one to five young reported per year.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.