Its cylindrical body is covered in shiny fur ranging from reddish brown to dark brown, and its eyes are hidden beneath skin. It digs underground tunnels and eats worms and insects.
The cylindrical body is covered in fur ranging from reddish brown to dark brown. The fur has an iridescent sheen, the eyes are covered by skin, and the short, powerful forelimbs have digging claws.
It lives underground in a complex burrow system and eats earthworms, insect larvae, crickets, snails, and spiders. It digs with its foreclaws and pushes soil out with its hind feet.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.