The Dryad shrew tenrec is a small mammal with a shrew-like appearance. The Animal Diversity Web account reports it only from Ambatovaky Special Reserve in northeastern Madagascar.
Its fur is soft, short, and dense. It has a relatively short gray tail, and the underside is described as reddish-brown or gray-brown.
It lives on the ground and is described as feeding mainly on insects and other invertebrates, including spiders. ADW notes that little is known about its behavior.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.