This shrew is described as the largest member of Sorex in Asia. It was recorded on a rocky, mixed-forest slope in South Korea, but its life in the wild remains poorly known.
It is described as the largest Sorex in Asia; the collected Korean specimen had a stout, robust tail.
It is described as a small insect-eating mammal. The Korean specimen was found on a rocky slope at about 400 m in mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.