This species tends to live in collective burrows in the margins of moist meadows in the Andean-Patagonian steppe, it lives in in areas with fine, dark, wet soil (Bidau 2015). This species occurs in arid, steppe grassland punctuated at irregular intervals by wet meadows known as mallines (Lacey and Wieczorek, 2003). The primary dietary item for all C. sociabilis sampled was the grass Poa pratensis (E. A. Lacey and M. Manacorda, in lit).

This species inhabits a narrow range from Rio Traful and Lago Nahuel Huapi west of the Rio Limay in the Reserva Nacional Nahuel Huapo in the Neuquen province Argentina. In Argentina this species inhibits Nequen, Estancia Fortin Chacabuco, Estancia La Primavera, 11 km northwest of Confluencia, 4 km north and 4 km east of Estancia Paso Coihue and Estancia Rincon Grande (Bidau 2015).

This species occurs in the Reserva Nacional del Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi (Woods and Kilpatrick 2005), although it is not clear if there are any conservation measures being taken to safe guard it in particular. This species is considered Critically Endangered in the Argentinian Red List (Diaz and Ojeda 2000).