Crocidura macmillani Dollman 1915

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 239

Crocidura macmillani Dollman 1915

Crocidura macmillani Dollman 1915 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 16: 361.

Type Locality: Ethiopia, "Kotelee, Walamo".

Vernacular Names: MacMillan's Shrew.

Distribution: Ethiopia, Western Plateau.

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: A rare species that was known from the holotype only, but recently rediscovered in the Middle Godjeb Valley, Western Plateau ( Bannikova et al., 2001 b). Formerly included in fumosa ( Yalden et al., 1976) or luna ( Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977; Hutterer, 1981 b), but Dippenaar (1980) showed that two endemic Ethiopian species, macmillani and thalia , were covered under these names. Karyotype (2n = 28) and restriction DNA analysis data indicate that macmillani is not part of the Ethiopian glassi-thalia group ( Bannikova et al., 2001 b).