Surdisorex polulus Hollister 1916

Surdisorex polulus Hollister 1916, Smithson. Misc. Coll., 66 (1): 1.

Type Locality: Kenya, west side of Mt. Kenya, 10,700 ft. (3,261 m).

Vernacular Names: Mt. Kenya Mole Shrew.

Distribution: Mt. Kenya (Kenya).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Included in genus Myosorex and regarded as a subspecies of norae by Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977); however, both species form a quite distinct clade (Hutterer et al., 2002 b). For ecology and distribution see Duncan and Wrangham (1971).