This rat is endemic to India. It has a gray-brown back, a pale belly, and a tail longer than its body; it mainly eats plants and inhabits rocky hills with trees or scrub.
Its fur is soft, with a gray-brown back and a white or pale-gray belly. The tail is longer than the head-and-body, and may be two-toned.
It mainly eats plants. The source describes terrestrial and nocturnal habits as probable rather than confirmed. Rajasthan records place reproduction from February to September, with litters of 3–10 young, averaging 4–6.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.