Crocidura voi Osgood 1910

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 : 253

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Crocidura voi Osgood 1910 View in CoL , Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 10: 18.

Type Locality: Kenya, "Voi, British East Africa ".

Vernacular Names: Voi Shrew.

Synonyms: Crocidura aridula Thomas and Hinton 1923 ; Crocidura butleri Thomas 1911 ; Crocidura percivali Dollman 1915 .

Distribution: Sudan savanna from Kenya and Somalia to Ethiopia and Sudan; single records from Nigeria and Mali.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Included in subgenus Afrosorex by Hutterer (1986 a). New material from Kenya suggest a strong relation, if not conspecificy, with C. fischeri (Oguge and Hutterer, in prep.). For synonyms see Hutterer (1986a).

References

Dollman, G. 1915. On the swamp-rats (Otomys) of East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 15: 149 - 170.

Hinton, M. A. C. 1923. On the voles collected by Mr. G. Forrest in Yunnan; with remarks upon the genera Eothenomys and Neodon and upon their allies. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 11: 145 - 162.

Hutterer, R. 1986 a. African shrews allied to Crocidura fischeri: Taxonomy, distribution and relationships. Cimbebasia, ser. A, 8 (4): 199 - 207.

Osgood, W. H. 1910. Eight new African rodents. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 5: 276 - 282.