Crocidura hirta Peters, 1852

Peters, W.C.H. (1852) Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique, auf Befehl seiner Majestãt des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV. in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt. Berlin, p. 78.

Valid name: Crocidura hirta Peters, 1852

Syntypes: ZMB 668, male, skin, skull; ZMB 669, gravid female, skin, skull. Both specimens were collected by W. Peters from Tette, Mozambique between 1843 and 1847.

Comments: Peters (1852, p. 81), noted three specimens (1 male and 2 females, one of which was gravid). The non-gravid female does not appear to be in the ZMB collection.