Myosorex tenuis Thomas and Schwann, 1905 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1905:131 -132.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Transvaal, near Wakkerstroom, Zuurbron .

DISTRIBUTION: Transvaal (South Africa) and possibly W Mozambique.

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