Crocidura foetida Peters, 1870

Peters, W.C.H. (1870) Ü ber neue Arten von Spitzmãusen des Königl. Zoologischen Museums aus Ceylon, Malacca, Borneo, China, Luzon und Ostafrika. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1870: 586 [584–596].

Valid name: Crocidura foetida Peters, 1870

Holotype: ZMB 3826, male, adult, body in alcohol. Collected by von Martens, Bengkajang [Benkayang], Borneo, [13 March–13 June 1863].

Comments: In his original description, Peters (1870: 586) does not identify the sex of the type. However, he does describe the presence of lateral glands, indicative of a sexually mature male.