This Australian rat has rounded ears and a relatively short tail. It is nocturnal and uses the understorey, with burrows under logs or rocks.
Its fur ranges from gray to gray-brown or reddish above, and is gray or cream below. It has rounded ears and a tail relatively shorter than the combined head-and-body length.
It is nocturnal and shelters in dense forest understorey. It makes a grass-lined nest in a short burrow under logs or rocks, and eats fungi, grasses, fruit, seeds, and insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.