Crocidura hirta Peters 1852

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.Published as part of Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, pp. 69-130 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 87, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735308