Crocidura macowi Dollman 1915

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 239

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scientific name	Crocidura macowi Dollman 1915
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Crocidura macowi Dollman 1915 View in CoL

Crocidura macowi Dollman 1915 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 16: 378.

Type Locality: Kenya, Mt. Nyiro, south of Lake Rudolf [Lake Turkana].

Vernacular Names: Nyiro Shrew.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Regarded as a synonym of hildegardeae by Osgood (1936), but retained as a species by Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977), who noticed similarities to niobe .

References

Dollman, G. 1915. On the swamp-rats (Otomys) of East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 15: 149 - 170.

Heim de Balsac, H., and J. Meester. 1977. Order Insectivora. Part 1. Pp. 1 - 29, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.). [issued 22 Aug 1977]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.

Osgood, W. H. 1936. New and imperfectly known small mammals from Africa. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 20: 217 - 256.