This small marsupial has a pointed nose and hairy feet. At night it searches for food around the edges of spinifex hummocks.
It has a pointed nose, large black eyes, large ears, and broad hairy feet. Its upper fur is brownish yellow, its underside is white, and the base of its tail is swollen.
It forages at night. In a tracking study it favored the edges of spinifex hummocks and generally avoided the hummocks themselves, except when seeking shelter after release.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.