Crocidura mutesae Heller 1910

Crocidura mutesae Heller 1910, Smithson. Misc. Coll., 56 (15): 3.

Type Locality: Uganda, Kampala.

Vernacular Names: Ugandan Musk Shrew.

Distribution: Uganda; perhaps more widely distributed.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: A large species, alternatively assigned to hirta (Allen, 1939) or suahelae (Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977) . Recorded as mutesae from Central African Republic (Ray and Hutterer, 1996), but its taxonomic status is far from being settled. Possibly a synonym of C. olivieri .