Crocidura elgonius Osgood, 1910 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 5:369.

TYPE LOCALITY: Kenya, Mt. Elgon, Kirui.

DISTRIBUTION: Mt. Elgon (W. Kenya); N.E. Tanzania.

COMMENT: Regarded as a distinct species related to suaveolens; see Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977, Part 1:13.