This tuco-tuco inhabits sand dunes and grasslands in southern Brazil. The adult female holotype in the 2012 description measured 234 mm in total, with a 75 mm tail, and weighed 200 g.
The adult female holotype in the 2012 description measured 234 mm in total, with a 75 mm tail, and weighed 200 g. Its hind foot measured 37 mm with claws and 33 mm without them.
The original account names sand dunes and grasslands as the species’ habitat and says these areas are disturbed by agriculture and desertification.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.