This small mouse has gray-brown, somewhat spiny fur above and a white underside. It is recorded in grassland within montane forest; its diet is not known.
Head-and-body length is 75–105 mm. It has a long snout, small eyes, somewhat spiny gray-brown fur above, and a white underside.
It has been recorded in grassland patches within montane forest. Use of secondary forest is described as probable, and its diet is unknown.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.