Crocidura flavescens (I. Geoffroy 1827)

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 : 230

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scientific name	Crocidura flavescens (I. Geoffroy 1827)
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[Crocidura] flavescens (I. Geoffroy 1827) , Dict. Class. Hist. Nat., 11: 324.

Type Locality: "La Cafrerie et le pays des Hottentots" = King William's Town, South Africa.

Vernacular Names: Greater Red Musk Shrew.

Synonyms: Crocidura capensis (A. Smith 1833) ; Crocidura cinnamomeus (Lichtenstein 1829) ; Crocidura knysnae Roberts 1946 ; Crocidura rutilus ( Sundevall 1846) .

Distribution: South Africa.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: For correct original citation see Ellerman et al. (1953). Does not include olivieri ; see Maddalena et al. (1987) and comments under that species. Reviewed by Meester (1963). Karyotype (2n = 50, FN = 74) described by Maddalena et al. (1987).