Crocidura sericea (Sundevall, 1843) . K. Sven. Vetenskapsakad Akad. Handl., 1842:173, 177.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sudan, near Bahr-el-Abiad .

DISTRIBUTION: Kenya and W. Ethiopia to Guinea-Bissau and Senegal.

COMMENT: Includes beta, diana, hindei, macrodon and marrensis; see Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977, Part 1:23 who also included bolivari in sericea; Vesmanis and Vesmanis, 1979, Zool. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden, 36(2):39, regarded bolivari as a distinct species; RH considers bolivari a subspecies of sericea . Gureev, 1979:408, listed beta and hindei as distinct species without comment.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403007005120001 as C. sericea .

5301403007005013001 as C. beta.

5301403007005054001 as C. hindei.