Crocidura flavescens (I. Geoffroy, 1827) . Diet. Class. Hist. Nat., 11:324.

TYPE LOCALITY: "La Cafrerie et le pays des Hottentots" = King William's Town, South Africa .

DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.

SYNONYMS: capensis, cinnamomeus, knysnae, rutilus.

COMMENTS: For correct original citation see Ellerman et al. (1953). Does not include olivieri; see Maddalena et al. (1987) and comments under that species. Reviewed by Meester (1963).