Very little is known about the habitat or ecology of this species. However, studies in Pakistan have reported this species from moist temperate forest (Batool et al. 2019) or around stream banks in dry and open hillsides (Manzoor et al. 2013). Another study reports to have found this species in Tham Khi Nok in a limestone cave surrounded by dry dipterocarp forest and patches of bamboo (Ellis 2012), though presence in Thailand is uncertain.

This little-known species has been reported from northern Kashmir in India and Pakistan and the Ladakh region of India (Jiang and Hoffmann 2001, Hutterer 2005). Its type locality sits at 2,134 m asl and altitudinal range is reported to reach up to 2,652 m asl (Burgin et al. 2018), with some records collected from sites at elevations below 1,500 m asl (Batool et al. 2019). It is stated to also occur in Thailand (Duff and Lawson 2004) based on specimen records labelled “Crocidura pullata vorax” from the 1990s, though its presence there remains unconfirmed and this species has often been confused with Crocidura russula, along with Crocidura rapax and Crocidura vorax (Burgin et al. 2018); it is therefore not mapped in Thailand in this assessment.

The species is known from some protected areas, such as Ayubia National Park, Pir Chanasi National Park, Chitral Gol National Park and Tushi Game Reserve in Pakistan (Shafique and Barkati 2010, Shabbir et al. 2013, Batool et al. 2019). Additional studies are needed into the distribution, abundance, general ecology and threats to this little-studied species.