The North African elephant shrew occurs in the Maghreb north of the Sahara. It uses rocky, boulder-strewn habitats and is described as lacking facial markings that distinguish some related genera.
It lacks conspicuous facial markings, and its eyes and ears are relatively small in proportion to its head. Hair occurs on the dorsal surface near the tail tip.
It uses habitats dominated by rocks and boulders. A figure in the paper documents one adult male basking at a locality in Morocco.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.