This small shrew is known only from Mount Kilimanjaro. A 2002 survey recorded it from forest to high-elevation open ground on the mountain's southeastern slope.
In the 2002 survey, six measured males and six females averaged about 93 mm in head-and-body length and 36 mm in tail length. The tail was shorter than half the head-and-body length.
The 2002 survey recorded it in forest, heathland, moorland, and near the edge of the alpine desert on Kilimanjaro's southeastern slope.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.