Crocidura lanwttei Heim de Balsac, 1968 . Mammalia, 32:386.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ivory Coast, "Lamto (savane)" .

DISTRIBUTION: Sudan and Guinea savanna from Senegal to W Cameroon.

SYNONYMS: elegans .

COMMENTS: Includes elegans as a subspecies; see Hutterer (1986a).