The Dainty African Fat Mouse is a small rodent recorded in Senegal and southern Niger. Its species account describes a nocturnal, terrestrial animal that stores fat seasonally.
Its back is light sandy to gray with a darker stripe along the spine. The white underside is sharply separated from the back, and the tail is short and white.
In Senegal it has been recorded in sandy sites near gardens and on coastal dunes. The account describes it as nocturnal and terrestrial, storing fat and entering seasonal torpor.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.