Chrysochloris obtusirostris Peters, 1851

Peters, W.C.H. (1851) Mittheilung über zwei neue Insectivoren aus Mossambique. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 16: 467 [467–468].

Valid name: Calcochloris obtusirostris (Peters, 1851)

Syntypes: ZMB 719, male, adult, body in alcohol; ZMB 720, female, juvenile, skin; ZMB 12945, female, adult, skin, skull, and skeleton; ZMB 31020 (old number = An 15187), fragmentary skull; ZMB 85341 (old number = An 17017), male, skull. Collected by Dr. W. Peters from Inhambane, Mozambique between 1843 and 1847.