Crocidura phaeura Osgood 1936

Crocidura phaeura Osgood 1936, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 20: 228.

Type Locality: Ethiopia, Sidamo, west base of Mt. Guramba, NE of Allata.

Vernacular Names: Guramba Shrew.

Distribution: Montane and riverine forest along the Ethiopian Rift Valley (Duckworth et al., 1993).

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Considered a full species by Dippenaar and Meester (1989). Related to harenna; see discussion in Hutterer and Yalden (1990).