Crocidura niobe Thomas 1906

Crocidura niobe Thomas 1906, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 18: 138.

Type Locality: Uganda, Ruwenzori East, 6,000 ft. (= Mubukee Valley, 1829 m).

Vernacular Names: Niobe's Shrew.

Distribution: Montane forests of EC Africa (Uganda, Dem. Rep. Congo); perhaps Ethiopia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Ethiopian records (Corbet and Yalden, 1972; Yalden et al., 1976) uncertain; see Hutterer and Yalden (1990).