Crocidura maior Wagler, 1832

Wagler, J.G. (1832) Neue Sippen und Gattungen der Sãugethiere und Vögel. Isis von Oken 25: 1218.

Valid name: Crocidura russula (Hermann, 1780)

Syntypes: ZMB 22016, sex indet., body in alcohol, skull extracted (missing), collected from Eichstedt by Wagler; ZMB 22018, (juvenile male?), body in alcohol. Collector unknown, from Bavaria, Germany. Comments: Wagler used the name “ maior ” and not “major” as listed in Hutterer (2005).