The common Australian rock rat is a small-to-medium rodent associated with rocky outcrops. A juvenile was recorded at a sandstone outcrop in southern Queensland.
It is a small-to-medium rodent, reported to reach up to 55 g in body mass.
The paper says the species is almost always associated with rocky outcrops. A May 2000 survey caught one juvenile male at a sandstone outcrop.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.