Bailey's Shrew has a long-haired back and a cream-colored belly. It occurs in humid highland grasslands and heather-covered woodland in Ethiopia.
The back has long, woolly fur ranging from brown to rufous. The belly is cream-colored, and the tail is brown above and pale below.
It lives in humid highland grasslands and heather-covered woodland. Its diet has not been studied in detail and is presumed to be insectivorous or omnivorous.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.