Recorded in rocky places and shrubland on Cyprus, this spiny mouse has a dark-brown back mixed with gray hairs, paler spines, and white underparts. It has also been found in caves in the hills.
The back is dark brown mixed with gray hairs, the spines are paler, and the underparts are white. The tail is described as thick and short.
It occurs in rocky shrubland, evergreen-oak maquis, and woodland. The account says it lives in deep holes and is found in caves and goat shelters in the hills; it eats carob bark and leaves.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.