Crocidura floweri Dollman 1915

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 floweri Dollman 1915
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Crocidura floweri Dollman 1915 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 15: 515.

Type Locality: " Giza, Egypt." .

Vernacular Names: Flower's Shrew.

Distribution: Environs of Upper Nile valley and Wadi el Natrun, Egypt ( Goodman, 1989).

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Mummified shrews from Ancient Egypt have been identified as C. floweri ; see Heim de Balsac and Mein (1971). Possibly related to crossei and arabica ; see Hutterer and Harrison (1988).