Elephantulus brachyrhynchus (A. Smith, 1836) . Rept. Exped. Exploring Central Afrrica, 1834:42 [1836].

TYPE LOCALITY: "The country between Lake Latakoo and the Tropic" (= South Africa, N Cape Prov., Kuruman, to S Botswana) .

DISTRIBUTION: N South Africa and NE Namibia; Angola; S Zaire; Mozambique; to Kenya and Uganda.

COMMENTS: Formerly included fuscus; see Corbet (1974:5).