The Monte Gerbil Mouse is a small rodent of Argentina's shrub steppe. It has a bushy, bicoloured tail and a paler back than the related Eligmodontia bolsonensis in the identification guide.
It is small, with a bushy bicoloured tail. Its back is paler than that of E. bolsonensis, with pale eye rings and darker ears.
It is recorded in shrub-steppe habitat. The guide also uses habitat and coat colour to help separate it from related species.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.