This small mouse was recorded in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. In the two skins described in 1986, back hairs had gray bases and clay-colored distal portions tipped with sepia; the underside and inner ears were white.
In the 1986 description, hairs on the shoulder, back and flanks had Neutral Gray bases, Clay-colored distal portions and light Sepia tips. Inner-ear hairs were white; white ventral fur contrasted with Cinnamon Buff lateral surfaces. These colors were described from two prepared skins.
The 1986 paper records it in low open Eucalyptus woodland with scattered palms on the laterite surface of Mitchell Plateau, and in valley woodland near the Drysdale and Prince Regent rivers.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.