Crocidura poensis Fraser, 1843 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1842:200.

TYPE LOCALITY: Equatorial Guinea, Bioko, Clarence .

DISTRIBUTION: Bioko; Gabon; Zaire; N. Angola; Cameroun to Liberia; San Tome Isl.

COMMENT: Includes batesi, calabarensis, nigeriae, pamela, schweitzeri, stampflii and thomensis; see Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977, Part 1:22. Gureev, 1979:406, 409, listed batesi and schweitzeri as distinct species without comment.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403007005111001 as C. poensis .

5301403007005010001 as C. batesi.

5301403007005119001 as C. schweitzeri.

5301403007005126001 as C. thomensis.