Crocidura pasha Dollman 1915

Crocidura pasha Dollman 1915, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 15: 517.

Type Locality: Sudan, Atbara River.

Vernacular Names: Sahelian Tiny Shrew.

Distribution: Sudan and Sahelian savanna of Sudan and Mali; a single record from Ethiopia (Demeter, 1982).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Often confused with nanilla and lusitania; does not include glebula which is a synonym of fuscomurina or planiceps; see Hutterer and Kock (1983) and Hutterer and Happold (1983). Dobigny et al. (2001 b) found this tiny shrew to be common in the Adrar des Iforas Massif in N Mali.