Crocidura bottegoides Hutterer and Yalden 1990

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 227

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scientific name	Crocidura bottegoides Hutterer and Yalden 1990
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Crocidura bottegoides Hutterer and Yalden 1990 , in: Peters and Hutterer (eds.), Vertebrates in the Tropics, Bonn: 67.

Type Locality: Ethiopia, Bale Mtns, Harenna Forest, Katcha Camp, 2400 m .

Vernacular Names: Bale Shrew.

Distribution: Bale Mtns and Mt. Albasso, Ethiopia ( Yalden and Largen, 1992).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Lavrenchenko et al. (1997) described the karyotype (2n = 36, FN = 48) which is very different from that of the similar " bottegi " (now obscurior ) (2n = 40, FN = 60) from Côte d’Ivoire.