This shrew was described from the Dabie Mountains in Anhui Province, eastern China. The original description records it from several protected areas there.
The back is dark brown and the underside is somewhat paler. Its ears are rounded and conspicuous; the relatively short tail ends in a tuft of hair.
Most specimens were collected in deciduous broadleaf forest at 750–1,250 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.