Crocidura thalia Dippenaar 1980

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 : 252

Crocidura thalia Dippenaar 1980

Crocidura thalia Dippenaar 1980 , Ann. Transvaal Mus., 32: 138-147.

Type Locality: Ethiopia, NW Bale Province, Gedeb Mtns, SE Dodola, 2,600 m (06°55'N, 39°10'E).

Vernacular Names: Thalia's Shrew.

Distribution: Forest and moorland of the Ethiopian highlands on both sides of the Rift Valley (Yalden et al., 1997).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Previous to its description, thalia was known as C. luna macmillani (e.g., Hutterer, 1981 c) or C. fumosa ; see Yalden (1988), who studied the altitudinal distribution. Chromosomally (2n = 36) and genetically close to C. glassi ( Bannikova et al., 2001 b; Lavrenchenko et al., 1997).