[6] The specific name, hindii, is in honor of Sidney Langford Hinde, a British military medical officer and naturalist.

The head is elongated and not very distinct from the neck, while the eyes are small and set in a rather forwards position.

[2] M. hindii is known only from isolated populations at high elevations on Mount Kenya and the moorlands of the Kinangop Plateau, Aberdare Mountains.

[3] A terrestrial species, because of the low nighttime temperatures in its native habitat, M. hindii is only active during the day and when there is enough sunlight to warm its environment.

One wild-caught female produced two young in late January,[3] while another gave birth to three in May.