Sorex rutilus Sundevall, 1846

Sundevall, C.J. (1846) Nya Mammalia fran Sydafrica. Õ fersigt af kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 3 (2): 119 [118–121].

Valid name: Crocidura flavescens Geoffroy, 1827

Syntype: ZMB 685, skin with skull inside. Collected by J. Wahlberg from Port Natal [= Durban, South Africa], [1842–1843].