This mole occurs on the southwestern Caspian coast. Its species account lists humid subtropical forest and mossy boxwood thickets, and also reports molehills in dry rice fields, tea plantations, and roadside scrub.
A small cusp on the first upper molar has a distinctly forked tip.
The species account lists humid subtropical forest and mossy boxwood thickets as habitat. It also reports this mole's mounds in dry rice fields, tea plantations, and roadside scrub.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.