Myosorex varius (Smuts, 1832) . Enumer. Mamm. Cap., p. 108.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth) .

DISTRIBUTION: South Africa; Lesotho.

COMMENT: Includes capensis, herpestes, pondoensis and transvaalensis; see Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977, Part 1:4. Revised by Meester, 1958, J. Mammal., 39:325.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403007010007001.