Crocidura fulvastra (Sundevall, 1843) . K. Svenska Vetensk-Akad. Handl. Stockholm, 1842: 172 [1843].

TYPE LOCALITY: Sudan, "Bahr el Abiad" .

DISTRIBUTION: Sudan savanna from Kenya to Mali.

SYNONYMS: arethusa, beta, diana, macrodon, marrensis, sericea, strauchii (see Hutterer, 1984; Hutterer and Kock, 1983; and Hutterer and Happold, 1983).

COMMENTS: Gureev (1979) listed beta as a distinct species without comment.