 It is coloured grey to buff and is found in low parallel sand dunes, particularly near hummock grass.The sandhill dunnart is one of the largest species of dunnarts, weighing in from 30 to 55 g. One might assume that the size would result in a fondness for larger invertebrates, but it is recorded that the medium-sized marsupial prefers to eat smaller prey, such as ants, beetles, spiders, grasshoppers, termites, wasps and centipedes.The species is known to be generalist feeders and extremely opportunistic.