It is a shrew recorded near Lakes Oku and Manenguba in the Cameroon highlands. Specimens from Lake Oku resemble those from nearby mountain areas in appearance but differ in skull and tooth traits.
Lake Oku specimens were said to look much like related mountain populations. The original account also describes skull and tooth differences; in nine specimens, a reduced upper tooth was not visible from the side.
It was recorded in forest patches surrounded by grassland near Lakes Oku and Manenguba. A specimen used to describe the species was collected at Lake Oku at 2,100 m.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.