This shrew was recorded in the Misotshi-Kabogo Highlands of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The paper describes very dark slate-grey fur and a tail exceptionally short in relation to the body.
Its fur is dark slate blue-grey above and below, with hairs coloured to their bases. The tail is exceptionally short relative to the body.
The species was described from montane forest in the Misotshi-Kabogo Highlands, where its specimens were collected.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.