Cover hairs of the dorsum are bi-colored (proximal two-thirds is dark brown, and the distal one-third is a medium buff).

[3] The guard hairs, which have the primary role of protecting the rest of the pelage from abrasion and moisture, show characteristic colors of dark brown to black.

E. carletoni has a somewhat large cranium, a relatively short rostrum, moderately long molar rows, and a palatine process that is shorter and stouter in comparison to others within the genus.

[6] Though the Loky-Manambato region is very diverse, as previously stated, E. carletoni is found to only inhabit the dry forest areas.

[3][7] We learn from a study done by Goodman et al. that in early January, some individuals can be found in reproductive condition while others are not.

We learn in the case of E. carletoni that a bottleneck event occurred between 18,750 and 7,500 years ago, mainly due to the complexity within the Loky-Manambato region.

However, historical demographic analyses have proposed that the current genetic patterns we see in E. carletoni are occurring due to prehuman vegetational shifts because of the contraction and fragmentation of dry forests.