Suncus etruscus (Savi, 1822) . Nuovo Giorn. de Letterati, Pisa, 1:60.

TYPE LOCALITY: Italy, Pisa .

DISTRIBUTION: S Europe and N Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt); Arabian Peninsula and Asia Minor to Iraq, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Thailand and Yunnan (China); also India and Sri Lanka. West and East African records (Guinea, Nigeria, Ethiopia) are doubtful and need confirmation.

SYNONYMS: assamensis, atratus, bactrianus, hodgsoni, kura, macrotis, melanodon, micronyx, nanula, nilgirica, nitidofulva, nudipes, pachyurus, perrotteti, pygmaeoides, pygmaeus, suaveolens, travancorensis.

COMMENTS: European and Asian range reviewed by Spitzenberger (1970, 1990c); N African distribution mapped by Vesmanis (1987). Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977) discussed the African records south of the Sahara. Probably includes Podihik kura; see Nowak and Paradiso (1983:141). The records east of Afghanistan, particularly from S India (macrotis, nilgirica) are only tentatively included; Corbet (1978c:31) expressed doubt on the conspecificy of the Indian forms. Many authors included fellowesgordoni, hosei, madagascariensis, and malayanus in etruscus, however, in the present list they are all treated as valid species.