Its back is reddish brown, while its underside is slate-gray with silver-tipped hairs. It lives in coniferous forest and alpine meadows at 3,400–4,290 m in southern China, northeastern Myanmar, and northern Vietnam.
The coat is moderately long, with a reddish-brown back and slate-gray underparts tipped with silver. The tail is brown above and grayish white below; the dorsal surfaces of the feet are also grayish white.
It occurs in coniferous forests and alpine meadows at 3,400–4,290 m. It may also move into open fields when they are near forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.