Large but lightly-built jird. Above, pale yellow-brown, though variable, indistinctly speckled black with a gloss apparent in good light along the back. Fur long and silky. Below, inside limbs and feet white. Demarcation distinct. Top of head dark, paler buff on cheeks and pale around eye with white patch above. Distinct white patch behind ears. Ears moderately-sized and sparsely coat­ed with white hairs. Tail long, yellow-brown above and white to pale below. Tuft distinct, black and covering terminal third of tail. Underside of tip white. Fore ­feet naked. Hind feet haired apart from naked patch on sole. Claws pale.