Suncus etruscus (Savi, 1822) . Nuovo Giorn. de Letterati, Pisa, 1:60.

REVIEWED BY: M. Andera (MA).

TYPE LOCALITY: Italy, Pisa .

DISTRIBUTION: S. Europe; Caucasus; Turkmenistan; W. Asia Minor; Afghanistan; Iraq; Yemen; Israel; Nile Delta; Tunisia to Morocco; Ethiopia; N. Nigeria; Guinea; Madagascar; Comoro Isis.; India; Sri Lanka; Burma; Thailand; Yunnan (China)(SW); Malaya; Borneo. The West African records are doubtful (K. F. Koopman).

COMMENT: Includes coquerelii and madagascariensis; see Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977, Part 1: 6. Includes hosei and malayanus; see Medway, 1977:17. Gureev, 1979:383, listed coquerelii and madagascariensis as distinct species without comment.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403007020003001 as S. etruscus .

5301403007020008001 as S. madagascariensis .