The Bale shrew is a very small shrew with a narrow dark-brown stripe along its back. It is known from limited Ethiopian highland records, including a forest clearing and the space beneath a log in Erica woodland.
It is very small, with a narrow dark-brown stripe down the back and yellow-brown bands beside it. The underside, legs, and tail range from cream to reddish brown; the tail is relatively long.
At 2,400 m it was recorded in a grassy opening within Schefflera and Hagenia forest; at 3,280 m it was found beneath a log in Erica woodland.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.