This rodent occurs in the dry-forest communities of the southern Cerrado. Its back is gray, while the belly hairs are white or light gray at the base. A specialist account identifies rocky outcrops within dry forest as habitat.
The dorsum is ash gray. Ventral hairs are white or light gray at the base; the upper side of the tail is blackish brown and its underside is whitish gray.
The species occurs in the Southern Cerrado and is described as a rocky-outcrop specialist within dry-forest communities.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.