A shrew known from northern Myanmar and northwestern Yunnan. Its back is dark gray, the underside slightly paler, and the tail is not sharply bicolored.
The dorsal fur is dark gray and the underside slightly paler. The tail is not sharply bicolored and has no tuft of longer hair at its tip.
HMW8 reports a capture in a damp, oozy spot under logs and rocks beside a small mountain stream. Records are above 2,000 m; the account presents a cool high-elevation habitat as an inference.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.