This spiny mouse has a gray coat and stiff, spine-like hairs along its back. In northern Kenya, it has also been recorded in dry rocky and semi-arid areas.
Acomys has thick, spine-like hairs along the back, and this species is described as gray-haired in its common name, the Gray Spiny Mouse.
Survey records from northern Kenya place it in dry rocky habitats and semi-arid areas.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.