The Kilimanjaro shrew is a small shrew of northeastern Tanzania. It has dark gray-brown fur and a sparsely haired tail.
Its body is dark gray-brown, and its tail has very little hair.
In July–August 2002, survey plots along the Maua route on Kilimanjaro’s southeastern slope yielded 21 Crocidura monax in lower montane forest centered at 2,043 m, 29 in upper montane forest centered at 2,470 m, and 26 in the forest–ericaceous ecotone centered at 2,897 m. Four of the 12 females examined for reproductive status in this survey were pregnant. Specimens are also recorded from Kindoroko and Minja Forest Reserves in the North Pare Mountains.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.