Crocidura flavescens (I. Geoffrey, 1827)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Insectivora, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 58-106 : 74

Crocidura flavescens (I. Geoffrey, 1827) . Diet. Class. Hist. Nat., 11:324; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 126.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, “La Cafrerie et le pays des Hottentots" = King William's Town .

DISTRIBUTION: Egypt; Senegal to Ethiopia to South Africa; Gabon; Rio Muni.

COMMENT: Includes anchietae, doriana, fuscosa, hedenborgiana, manni, martiensseni, nyansae, occidentalis and sururae; see Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977, Part 1:14. Also includes olivieri; see Corbet, 1978:30. Gureev, 1979:406-407, listed these forms as distinct species without comment. Dieterlen and Heim de Balsac, 1979, Saugetierk. Mitt., 27:241-287, listed occidentalis as a distinct species. Revised by Heim de Balsac and Barloy, 1966, Mammalia, 30:601-633. C. odorata guineensis Heim de Balsac, 1968, Mammalia, 32:384-385, is a junior homonym of C. doriana guineensis Cabrera, 1903, Mem. R. Soc. Hist. Nat. Madrid, 1:22.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403007005037001 as C. flavescens .

5301403007005043001 as C. fuscosa.

5301403007005052001 as C. hedenborgiana.

5301403007005075001 as C. manni.

5301403007005079001 as C. martiensseni.

5301403007005097001 as C. nyaansae (sic).

5301403007005098001 as C. occidentalis .

5301403007005100001 as C. olivieri.