The Apennine shrew is a small shrew endemic to the Italian Peninsula. It uses moist places with shrubs mixed among woodland, but its ecology is not well known.
It has a slender body with velvety gray-brown fur, a long tail and a pointed snout.
It searches on the ground for arthropods and small insects. It is reported from moist banks, marshes and hedges, though its habitat is not well studied.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.