Crocidura poensis (Fraser, 1843) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1842:200 [1843].

TYPE LOCALITY: Equatorial Guinea, Bioko (Fernando Po), Clarence .

DISTRIBUTION: Bioko, Principe Isl, Cameroon to Liberia.

SYNONYMS: calabarensis, pamela, schweitzeri, soricoides, stampflii (see Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977, and Hutterer and Happold, 1983).