Crocidura mariquensis A. Smith 1844

Crocidura mariquensis A. Smith 1844, Illustr. Zool. S. Afr. Mamm.: pl. 44, fig. 1.

Type Locality: South Africa, "A wooded ravine near the tropic of Capricorn" = Marico River, near its junction with Limpopo.

Vernacular Names: Swamp Musk Shrew.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Crocidura mariquensis subsp. mariquensis A. Smith 1844

Subspecies Crocidura mariquensis subsp. neavei Wroughton 1907

Subspecies Crocidura mariquensis subsp. shortridgei St. Leger 1932

Distribution: Swamps and forest from South Africa to Mozambique, W Zimbabwe, and Zambia; NW Botswana and NE Namibia to SC Angola; perhaps SE Dem. Rep. Congo.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Includes pilosa and sylvia as synonyms and shortridgei and neavei as subspecies; see Dippenaar (1977, 1979), who reviewed the species and selected a lectotype. May also include nigricans, which Crawford-Cabral (1987) considered distinct.