Crocidura niobe Thomas, 1906 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 18:138.

TYPE LOCALITY: Uganda, "Ruwenzori East, 6000 ft. " [= Mubukee Valley, 1828 m].

DISTRIBUTION: Montane forests of EC Africa (Uganda, Zaire); perhaps Ethiopia.

COMMENTS: Ethiopian records (Corbet and Yalden, 1972; Yalden et al., 1976) uncertain; see Hutterer and Yalden (1990).