The Gansu shrew is recorded in China. One adult female examined in a study had a gray-brown back, a paler underside, and a sharply divided tail color.
The adult female specimen examined in the study had an unstriped gray-brown back, a light gray-brown underside, and a dark-brown upper tail contrasting with its yellowish pale underside.
At Deqin in Yunnan, researchers caught one adult female in an oat-baited Sherman trap. The paper notes that the species is elusive and difficult to sample in the field.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.