With long, dense grey-brown fur, it lives in sandy areas with rocky shelter and patches of grass or shrubs. Records are from central and southeastern Chile and adjacent Argentina.
Its long, dense fur is grey-brown to dark on the back, with cream, white or yellowish sides and belly. Its feet are white.
It is described as nocturnal and colonial. It walks and can climb a little and dig.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.