This shrew is recorded in lowland forest in southwestern Cameroon and southwestern Central African Republic. Its back is grayish brown and its underside is whitish gray.
The back is gray-brown and the underside whitish gray with white-tipped hairs. Small rounded ears have short fur; the feet are paler than the back, and the tail bears short dark hairs with a few longer bristles.
It is known from lowland tropical moist forest. The HMW species account has little detailed information about its behavior.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.