This shrew was described from Medog County in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Its currently known records are limited to the Beibeng and Damu areas.
The dorsal fur is dark gray to black and the underside is slightly paler. The short tail is dark above and pale below.
Most reported specimens came from oak-dominated mixed forest. A few were recorded in mixed conifer and broadleaf forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.