This shrew is known from montane cloud forests in Guatemala. Its taxonomic treatment describes the fur as black and notes white-tipped long hairs on some specimens.
The fur is black; some specimens have white tips on long dorsal hairs, and the tail is slightly bicolored.
This shrew eats insects. All four examined individuals from El Limo contained fragments of insect exoskeleton; one also contained antennae and legs. One had plant debris in both its stomach and small intestine.
These individuals were among specimens collected at El Limo, Guatemala, in July 2007. Three had both tapeworms and nematodes; the fourth showed no evidence of internal parasites. The examination documented both food remains and other organisms living inside the shrews, tied to locality, collection date and voucher numbers.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
The species is also documented in Chelemhá Cloud Forest Reserve, which the 2012 field report described as managed by a conservation organization during the 2003 and 2006–2007 visits. At another locality, researchers reported lower-elevation forest fires in 1998.