Goldman's woodrat has dark-tipped back hairs and cream-buff fur as an adult. It inhabits rocky deserts on the Mexican Plateau.
Adults are creamy buff, with dark-tipped hairs on the back, a paler head, and white underparts and feet. Juveniles are grayish buff above.
It inhabits rocky desert on the Mexican Plateau and is reported along cliffs and rocky ravines.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.