This mole is known from the Dalat Plateau area of southern Vietnam. A 2016 taxonomic study identifies the Chu Yang Sin and related southern populations as E. parvidens in the narrow sense.
The 2009 study describes southern specimens, including those from Chu Yang Sin, as having brownish fur and short tails. The 2016 study identifies the Chu Yang Sin population as true E. parvidens.
At Chu Yang Sin National Park in Dak Lak, specimens were collected in a survey with traps set in secondary forest. The study did not test a preference for secondary forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.