This gymnure was described from northern Vietnam. Its coat is olive-brown with a faint dark stripe down the back, and the tail is dark above and whitish below. Field records include evergreen mixed forest on limestone in the northeast.
Its coat is olive-brown with a faint dark stripe down the back. The tail is dark above and whitish below, and the snout is narrow and pointed.
In northeastern Vietnam it is recorded in evergreen mixed forest in limestone and mountainous areas.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.