This gerbil lives on dry plains of the Namib Desert. It digs deep burrows and eats arthropods and seeds.
The back is pale brown, while the underside and limbs are white; the soles are furred. Its long, bushy tail has a gray tip.
It digs deep, branching burrows in gravel plains and dry riverbeds and eats arthropods, plant material, and seeds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.