Crocidura luna Dollman, 1910 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 5:175.

TYPE LOCALITY: Zaire, "Bunkeya River, Shaba Province" .

DISTRIBUTION: Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, E Angola, Zaire, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda.

SYNONYMS: electa, garambae, inyangai, johnstoni, schistacea, umbrosa.

COMMENTS: Revised by Dippenaar and Meester (1989). Does not include macmillani, raineyi, and selina. In a biochemical comparison, specimens from Rwanda grouped outside all other African Crocidura studied (Maddalena, 1990).