Crocidura hirta Peters, 1852

Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 69-130 : 87

Crocidura hirta Peters, 1852 . Reise nach Mossambique, Säugethiere, p. 78.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mozambique, Tette, 17° S .

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa.

SYNONYMS: annellata, beirae, bioyeti, canescens, deserti, lungi, luimbalensis, velutina (see Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977).

COMMENTS: Gureev (1979) listed beirae and deserti as distinct species; the latter may well be separable. C. bioyeti, formerly listed as a species, is included here because it was based on a juvenile hirta . The Angolan erica may also belong here.