The Mexican volcano mouse lives in the highlands of Mexico's Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. It walks on the ground and also uses burrows in pine-oak forest.
Its back ranges from gray to reddish brown, while its underside is whitish.
It is terrestrial and uses underground burrows. The account describes it as an omnivore that eats plant matter such as grains and also insects.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.