This mole shrew is known from the highlands of Mount Kenya. Earthworms are a main food, and records describe it using Otomys runways in tall marsh grass.
The genus Surdisorex is specialized for burrowing and has no visible external ear pinnae.
Earthworms are reported as a predominant food on Mount Kenya. In tall marsh grass at high elevations, it frequented runways made by Otomys.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.