Crocidura bottegoides Hutterer and Yalden 1990

Crocidura bottegoides Hutterer and Yalden 1990, in: Peters and Hutterer (eds.), Vertebrates in the Tropics, Bonn: 67.

Type Locality: Ethiopia, Bale Mtns, Harenna Forest, Katcha Camp, 2400 m .

Vernacular Names: Bale Shrew.

Distribution: Bale Mtns and Mt. Albasso, Ethiopia (Yalden and Largen, 1992).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Lavrenchenko et al. (1997) described the karyotype (2n = 36, FN = 48) which is very different from that of the similar " bottegi " (now obscurior) (2n = 40, FN = 60) from Côte d’Ivoire.