Myosorex babaulti Heim de Balsac and Lamotte, 1956 . Mammalia, 20:150.

TYPE LOCALITY: Zaire, "Kivu" .

DISTRIBUTION: Mountains west and east of Lake Kivu, including Idjwi Isl (Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi).

COMMENTS: Formerly included in blarina; but see Dieterlen and Heim de Balsac (1979).