Many of the hairs have golden tips, thereby producing an olive-brown effect. The underparts are yellowish gray.
Facial markings are indistinct or absent.
The ears are long and hairless. Soft fur, short snout, rounded skull, prominent eyes and ears, and long hind limbs and tail. Range Northwest and west-central coasts of Madagascar. Status Designated as endangered. It is threatened by a long-term drying trend in the climate and by human destruction of forest.