[1] This mouse lives in tropical and subtropical forest types and wet grassland habitat.

[1] This species is widespread in parts of Sri Lanka but it faces a number of threats, including deforestation and domestic cats.

A recent study catalogued the parasites associated with subspecies pococki: a mite of genus Echinolaelaps, a tick of genus Ixodes, and the sucking louse Polyplax spinulosa.

[3] A new species of pseudoscorpion was found on the mouse, described, and named Megachernes kanneliyensis.

[4] The mouse also carries the native Sri Lankan flea Stivalius phoberus.