Its head and back are grayish brown, its sides and underside are white, and the tail has a black band near the tip followed by a short white tuft. It lives on rocky, gravelly slopes in extra-arid desert and is nocturnal.
The head and back are grayish brown, while the sides and underside are white. The flattened tail banner has a long black band near the tip and a short white terminal tuft.
It lives on rocky gravel slopes with sparse shrubs in extra-arid desert. It is an omnivore, eating seeds, insects, green plant parts, roots, and bulbs, and it is nocturnal.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.