This species is known only from its type locality near Roboré in southeastern Bolivia's Santa Cruz Department. The specialist account describes the site as fields of Yucca.
Its fur is dense and soft, and the back ranges from ochre-orange to brown. Many individuals have a dark cap, with lighter-colored tips on the hairs.
Very little is known about its natural history. The only known type locality was described as fields of Yucca.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.