Crocidura lucina Dippenaar 1980

Crocidura lucina Dippenaar 1980, Ann. Transvaal Mus., 32: 134-138.

Type Locality: Ethiopia, "Web River, near Dinshu".

Vernacular Names: Lucina's Shrew.

Distribution: Montane moorlands of E Ethiopia.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Part of the Ethiopian radiation of Crocidura with 2n = 36 and FN = 52 (Lavrenchenko et al., 1997: Fig. 5, as Crocidura sp. A ., Lavrenchenko, pers. comm.). Species confined to the Afro-Alpine moorland (Hutterer and Yalden, 1990).