This small sengi has been recorded near the Etendeka volcanic formation in northwestern Namibia. It has rust-colored fur and a hairless gland on the underside of the tail. It is nocturnal and uses the space beneath rocks as a daytime shelter.
It is unusually small and rust-colored, with a hairless gland on the underside of its tail. The California Academy of Sciences account also notes a lack of dark skin pigment in the examined specimen.
In rocky desert habitat it was strictly nocturnal and used single rocks as daytime shelters. These observations came from five individuals radio-tracked for nearly a month in northwestern Namibia.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.