Crocidura flavescens (I. Geoffroy 1827)

[Crocidura] flavescens (I. Geoffroy 1827), Dict. Class. Hist. Nat., 11: 324.

Type Locality: "La Cafrerie et le pays des Hottentots" = King William's Town, South Africa.

Vernacular Names: Greater Red Musk Shrew.

Synonyms: Crocidura capensis (A. Smith 1833); Crocidura cinnamomeus (Lichtenstein 1829); Crocidura knysnae Roberts 1946; Crocidura rutilus (Sundevall 1846) .

Distribution: South Africa.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: For correct original citation see Ellerman et al. (1953). Does not include olivieri; see Maddalena et al. (1987) and comments under that species. Reviewed by Meester (1963). Karyotype (2n = 50, FN = 74) described by Maddalena et al. (1987).