The Greater Large-headed Shrew is a small shrew of Central African rainforests. It has a short, large snout and dark fur.
Its snout is large, and its small ears remain visible. It has short limbs, short dark gray to dark brown fur, and a dark tail. Recorded head-and-body length is 6.5–9.6 cm and tail length 3.3–4.6 cm.
It is described as terrestrial and mainly insect-eating. The account places it in rainforest from 200 to 2,350 m elevation.
The claws are short.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.