The Mahomet mouse is a small native mouse widely recorded in the Ethiopian Highlands. It has a gray back, a whitish belly, and a narrow orange band along the flank.
In Ethiopian specimens, the back is gray, the underside whitish, and a narrow orange band runs along the flank.
It is one of the most widespread native Mus in the Ethiopian Highlands and is often found in grassy, dense undergrowth along forest margins.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.