This subterranean rodent is known only from its type locality in Bolivia, at 2,500–2,750 m elevation.
The upper coat ranges from olive-brown to buffy brown, with a darker brown cap or stripe over much of the head. The underside is cinnamon-buff.
Specimens were collected in open grassland near running water, beside remnant Polylepis woodland. These habitat and elevation records come from the type locality.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.