Its upper body is sandy or grayish, its underside is white, and its tail ends in a dark tuft. In Qatar it is recorded widely on gravelly and rocky plains rather than dune sands.
The upper body is sandy or grayish, with a clear boundary above the white underside. A long tail ends in a prominent dark tuft.
It is nocturnal and may live in groups. It searches between vegetation clumps for seeds, fruit, and grasses.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.