Crocidura silacea Thomas, 1895

Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 69-130 : 95

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scientific name	Crocidura silacea Thomas, 1895
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Crocidura silacea Thomas, 1895 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 16:53.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, E Transvaal, Barberton dist., De Kaap, Figtree Creek .

DISTRIBUTION: Occurs in most of South Africa, and parts of Botswana, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe; possibly has a wider distribution.

SYNONYMS: holobrunneus.

COMMENTS: This species was formerly assigned to gracilipes or hildegardeae , but is not conspecific with either of these; see Meester et al. (1986) for a discussion.