A burrowing rodent recorded in eastern Turkey's semiarid areas, grasslands, and high-elevation cultivated fields. Field observations report family groups, complex tunnels, and a diet of vegetation.
A 2016 review, summarizing earlier descriptions, reports a dark ash-gray to gray-brown back and a belly only slightly paler. The hairs are described as gray with buff tips.
A 2003 field study in eastern Turkey reports complex tunnel systems, family groups, and feeding on vegetation. A 2016 review also lists semiarid areas, grasslands, and high-elevation cultivated fields as habitats.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.