Jouvenet's shrew is a small shrew recorded in West African forests. In southeastern Guinea, one individual was caught beside a stream inside forest.
A Mammals of Africa table lists a mean head-and-body length of 75 mm and a tail about 66% as long as the head and body.
At Diecké Forest in southeastern Guinea, one individual was caught in a stream-in-forest setting. The Mammals of Africa table also classifies its habitat as forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.