Crocidura roosevelti Heller 1910

Crocidura roosevelti Heller 1910, Smithson. Misc. Coll., 56 (15): 6.

Type Locality: Uganda, Lado Enclave, Rhino Camp.

Vernacular Names: Roosevelt's Shrew.

Distribution: Forest-savanna margin of the Central African forest block; records from Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Dem. Rep. Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania (Hutterer, 1981 a).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Type species of subgenus Heliosorex Heller, 1910 . Genetic data suggest that this species is not closely related to C. dolichura and allies (Querouil et al., In Press).