The Himalayan field rat is a medium-sized rat with a brown back and white feet. It ranges through mountainous areas and is also recorded near farms and villages in some regions.
Its soft, woolly fur is brown above and cream below, with gray bases on the belly hairs. It has a long, broad snout, white feet and lower forelimbs, and a weakly two-toned tail that is darker above.
It also occurs near farms and villages in some places. The source reports it as an agricultural pest in rice- and wheat-growing areas of Sichuan, China, and as a common village pest in parts of mountainous Southeast Asia.
IUCN Red List · Least Concern (LC) · Global