This shrew is documented from part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The specimen described in the paper had brown-tipped gray fur on its back and a pale gray underside. It was collected in seasonally flooded lowland forest.
The described specimen had gray dorsal fur with brown tips and a pale gray underside. Its tail was dark brown above, pale below, and cream-colored at the tip.
The collected specimen was caught in seasonally flooded lowland forest near Baleko. The original paper does not establish a broader habitat preference.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.