Myosorex sclateri Thomas and Schwann, 1905 . Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1905(15):10.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Natal, Zululand, Ngoye hills, 250 m .

DISTRIBUTION: Wet habitats in Kwazulu (South Africa).

SYNONYMS: affinis, talpinus.

COMMENTS: Provisionally regarded as a distinct species by Wolhuter (in Smithers, 1983:3); occurs in sympatry with cafer and has a different karyotype. Meester et al. (1986) included sclateri in cafer .