The Gounda Mouse is known only from the type locality near the Gounda River in northern Central African Republic. Its back is ochre-brown, its flanks orange-rufous, and its underside white; HMW7 identifies wooded savanna as its habitat.
This very small mouse has a short tail. Its back is ochre-brown, becoming orange-rufous on the flanks, and the underside is white. The ears are large and blackish with a white spot behind them; the feet are white.
HMW7 identifies wooded savanna as the habitat of M. goundae.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.