Crocidura cyanea (Duvernoy, 1838) . Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Strasbourg., 2:2.

TYPE LOCALITY: Africa, "La Riviere des Elephants, au sud de I'Afrique" = Cistrasdal .

DISTRIBUTION: South Africa to Angola, N.E. Zaire, S. Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia.

COMMENT: Includes boydi, lutrella, sacralis, parvipes (see Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977, Part 1:12), argentata and martensi (see Ellerman et al., 1953:27). Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977, Part 1:12, included smithii in this species; but see Hutterer, 1981, Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 31:237, who considered smithii a distinct species. Gureev, 1979:411-412, listed argentata, boydi, lutrella, martensi, parvipes, and sacralis as distinct species without comment.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403007005029001 as C. cyanea .

5301403007005019001 as C. boydi.

5301403007005106001 as C. parvipes.