A large field rat recorded in rice fields in Kerala, India. It has long fur mixed with soft spines, and the handbook describes its underside as dirty white.
In adults, the tail is equal to or shorter than head-and-body length; in subadults it may be slightly longer. The back is bistre, darker toward the rear, and the underside is dirty white.
It is recorded in rice fields in Kerala. The handbook says that little is known about its habits.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.