This small rodent is recorded from arid parts of western Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. In a comparative study, measured C. baluchi specimens had larger bodies and hind feet than the related C. hotsoni.
In the 2008 comparison, measured C. baluchi specimens had larger bodies and longer hind feet than C. hotsoni. Their coat was described as drab and grizzled.
A 2005 South Asian CAMP report describes it as nocturnal and fossorial, with reports from rocky scrub and burrows under rocks. The report marks these ecological details as indirect or suspected.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.