It occurs in northwestern California, in chaparral, open woodland, and brushy forest edges.
It has five dark back stripes separated by four gray-brown stripes, but their edges are not sharply defined. The back is reddish brown and the underside creamy white.
It is diurnal and forages for acorns, fungi, and seeds on the ground and in shrubs. It may scatter-hoard seeds in several places.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.