The Caucasian shrew occurs in the Caucasus and northeastern Turkey, among other areas. It prefers wet mountain woodland near creeks and rivers.
The paper reports reddish tooth pigmentation in all four living Sorex species in Armenia, including this species. The trait is not unique to the Caucasian shrew.
In mountains it prefers wet forest near creeks or small rivers, especially broadleaf woods with beech, and is recorded up to 2,600 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.