This mouse has brown fur with ochre tones on its back. It ranges from the southwestern United States into interior Mexico, with records in high-elevation pine forest.
The back is brown with ochre tones and the belly is white. Its long, sparsely haired tail is dark above and pale below, and its ears are large and rounded.
It is nocturnal and has been recorded in high-elevation pine forest. Its diet includes leaves, shoots, seeds, fruits, and fungi, with insects eaten occasionally.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.