Crocidura gueldenstaedti Pallas, 1811 . Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., 1:132.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., Georgian S.S. R., near Dushet (N. of Tbilisi) .

DISTRIBUTION: Transcaucasia (U.S. S.R.); Asia Minor.

COMMENT: Revised by Richter, 1970, Zool. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden, 31(17):294-304. May be conspecific with russula; see Corbet, 1978:28.