This shrew is known only from southern Great Nicobar Island. Its dark-brown back is gray-grizzled and densely furred.
The dense dorsal fur is dark brown grizzled with gray and described as velvety. The underside is brown, and the tail has sparse bristle hairs.
It is recorded in leaf litter in tropical moist deciduous forest up to 100 m. Nocturnal and crepuscular activity is assumed, and intermittent daytime activity is possible.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.