This mouse has an indistinct stripe along its back and is active by day in mountain forest. It occurs in the Ruwenzori region of western Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The back is olive-colored and darkens toward the rump. Its mid-dorsal stripe is indistinct, the underside is buffy gray, and the tail is nearly naked.
It is terrestrial and diurnal, and prefers areas near water in tropical low- to mid-elevation montane forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.