This mole lives in mountains west of China's Sichuan Basin. Its grayish-black fur covers the body, and its tail is longer than half the combined head-and-body length.
Its body is covered in grayish-black fur. The tail is described as longer than half the combined length of the head and body.
It has been recorded in mountain forests at 1,700–3,400 m. Its forest-floor habitat includes fallen wood and deep humus. The paper does not report direct observations of feeding.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.