This pocket mouse is recorded from southern Mexico toward the adjacent Guatemalan highlands. In Chiapas, specimens studied under the name H. d. goldmani had black dorsal fur and a white chest.
Specimens from Chiapas identified as H. d. goldmani had predominantly black dorsal fur and white fur on the ventral chest.
A study in the Soconusco region sampled individuals identified as H. d. goldmani in a forest fragment and adjacent coffee farms.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.