This mouse is recorded from Camiguin Island in the southern Philippines. Its species account describes a russet-brown back with fine dark-and-pale hairs and a pale underside.
The dorsal fur is russet-brown with fine dark and pale hairs. The underside is usually nearly white with a buffy or pale russet wash; the tail is dark brown above and white below.
The account records evergreen, montane, and mossy forest on Camiguin. Specimens were caught at night on the ground among roots and rotting logs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.