This shrew is recorded in the Tian Shan mountains. Its back is brownish gray in summer and darker in winter. Records include conifer forest, juniper scrub, and stream valleys; it mainly eats insects and other invertebrates.
The species account describes a brownish-gray back in summer that becomes darker in winter. The belly is gray-white, and the tail is darker above and lighter below.
The account records it in mountain spruce belts and juniper scrub, including stream and river valleys, forest-steppe ecotones, and stony ground. Its food is mainly invertebrates, especially insects and larvae.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.