A burrowing rodent with brown upper fur and a paler belly, known from a single locality in Bolivia's Andean dry valleys.
The back is brown with a faint olive-brown stripe, while the belly fur is much paler.
The Cerro Itahuaticua collection site lies in the Andean dry valleys, among thorny deciduous trees, cacti, and limestone outcrops. The 2021 account reports no further ecological details.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.