the 2018 HMW8 account describes the Lesser Forest Shrew from one known specimen at Medje on the Nava River in northeastern DR Congo. Its back is dark olive to sepia brown, with paler sides and underside; the habitat account lists lowland tropical moist forest.
In the single specimen described by the 2018 HMW8 account, the dorsum is dark olive brown to dark sepia brown. The flanks and underside are paler dark grayish brown and the throat is paler; the thin tail is dark brown above and paler below.
the 2018 HMW8 account lists lowland tropical moist forest as habitat. The account says only one specimen is known, so the habitat statement is kept within this limited record.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.