This mouse occurs in Mexico’s Sierra Madre Occidental and is recorded in mesic pine-oak forest near rocks and logs.
The back is dark brown with black-based hairs. Snuff-brown sides fade paler; the belly has white-tipped hairs, and the feet are white.
The account places it above 2,000 m in mesic pine-oak forest near rocks, logs, and moist soil.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.