Crocidura lucina Dippenaar 1980

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 : 238

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Crocidura lucina Dippenaar 1980 , Ann. Transvaal Mus., 32: 134-138.

Type Locality: Ethiopia, "Web River, near Dinshu".

Vernacular Names: Lucina's Shrew.

Distribution: Montane moorlands of E Ethiopia.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Part of the Ethiopian radiation of Crocidura with 2n = 36 and FN = 52 ( Lavrenchenko et al., 1997: Fig. 5, as Crocidura sp. A ., Lavrenchenko, pers. comm.). Species confined to the Afro-Alpine moorland ( Hutterer and Yalden, 1990).