Fox’s shrew is a large shrew from West Africa. Its back and belly have sharply contrasting colors, and it has been recorded in grassland and at field edges.
It is a large shrew with a chocolate to russet-brown back and a grey belly. The color boundary is sharp, and the short, pale tail has coarse hairs.
Records from Nigeria include tall grass, secondary bush, field margins, and burnt rocky grassland.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.