Crocidura religiosa (I. Geoffroy 1827)

[Crocidura] religiosa (I. Geoffroy 1827), Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 128.

Type Locality: Egypt, Giza.

Vernacular Names: Egyptian Pygmy Shrew.

Distribution: Nile Valley (Egypt).

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Described from embalmed specimens from Ancient Egyptian tombs at Thebes; holotype not preserved. Corbet (1978 c:27) selected a neotype from Giza.