Crocidura xantippe Osgood, 1910 . Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Pubi., Zool. Ser., 10:19.

TYPE LOCALITY: Kenya, " Voi, British East Africa " .

DISTRIBUTION: Nyiru, Voi, Tsavo (SE Kenya); Usambara Mtns (Tanzania).

COMMENTS: Status uncertain; probably related to hirta . Not to be confused with Crocidura Xanthippe Bate, 1937, a Pleistocene shrew from Palestine.