Crocidura macarthuri St. Leger 1934

Crocidura macarthuri St. Leger 1934, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 10, 13: 559.

Type Locality: Kenya, Tana River, Merifano (32 km from mouth of Tana River).

Vernacular Names: MacArthur's Shrew.

Distribution: Savanna plains of Kenya and Somalia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: The species has been recorded from Somalia as smithi (e.g., Heim de Balsac, 1966 a); see Hutterer (1986 a).