The sides of its forefeet and hindfeet have a fringe of stiff hairs, and the species is associated with woodland. A 2025 paper reported new eastern captures in the Koryak Upland, without detailing the vegetation at each site.
The sides of the forefeet and hindfeet have a fringe of stiff hairs. This feature is described from specimens examined in the paper.
The paper associates this shrew with woodland and reports new capture sites in the northeastern Koryak Upland. It does not describe the exact vegetation at each site.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.