Crocidura goliath Thomas, 1906 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 17:177.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Efulen, Cameroons."

DISTRIBUTION: High forest of S Cameroon, Gabon, and Zaire.

STATUS: Listed by IUCN as Extinct, but this is incorrect.

COMMENTS: Type species of subgenus Praesorex Thomas, 1913 . Often included in flavescens or olivieri, but apparently represents a distinct species which lives in sympatry with C. olivieri in the Central African forest; see Hutterer (in Colyn, 1986:22).