Surdisorex polulus Hollister, 1916 . Smithson. Mise. Coll., 66(1): 1.

TYPE LOCALITY: Kenya, west side of Mt. Kenya, 10,700 ft. (3,261 m) .

DISTRIBUTION: Mount Kenya (Kenya).

COMMENTS: Included in genus Myosorex and regarded as a subspecies of norae by Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977); however, both species form a quite distinct clade. For ecology and distribution see Duncan and Wrangham (1971).