The Lesser White-toothed Shrew ranges across the Palaearctic. In AlUla, Saudi Arabia, it has been recorded at 1,040 m on Harrat Uwayrid. The regional guide reports an insect diet and nests under shelter in dry grass or leaf litter.
It is lightly built, with gray-brown to light-gray fur and a pale gray or whitish underside. The tail is about half the body length, often two-toned, and has short bristles along it. The teeth have white tips.
It selects relatively moist sites with dense vegetation in deserts, steppes, and forests. Nests are reported under cover near water, in dry grass, or in plant litter. It feeds mainly on insects, can dig prey from soil or leap onto prey on vegetation, and is primarily nocturnal.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.