This spiny mouse has rufous-brown or coffee-colored upperparts and a white underside. It is recorded on isolated rocky ridges in eastern Botswana, southern Zimbabwe and northern South Africa.
The upperparts are rufous brown or coffee-colored, while the entire underside is pure white.
The account records it from isolated rocky ridges (kopjes). It does not provide a diet or activity pattern for the species.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.