Crocidura arabica Hutterer and Harrison, 1988 . Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 39:64.

TYPE LOCALITY: Oman, Dhofar, Khadrafi [16°42'N, 53°09'E] .

DISTRIBUTION: Coastal plains of S Arabian Peninsula (Yemen, Oman).

COMMENTS: Previous to the recognition of arabica, specimens have been assigned to russula or suaveolens; see Harrison and Bates (1991).