Babault's Mouse Shrew was reconfirmed in recent surveys of Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda. Records are few, and researchers report that it favors moist, shady places.
A 2010 study placed this species in a broad-skulled group and described the skull as markedly hexagonal.
In 2009, 2 animals were captured on Mt Bigugu in Nyungwe; a carcass found near Uwinka in 2022 was identified by DNA. Researchers describe it as favoring moist, shady places and note that records are few.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.