Crocidura littoralis Heller, 1910 . Smithson. Mise. Coll., 56(15):5.

TYPE LOCALITY: Uganda, Butiaba, east shore of Lake Albert .

DISTRIBUTION: Rain forest of Zaire, Uganda and Kenya.

SYNONYMS: oritis.

COMMENTS: This species was included in monax, but is now regarded as distinct (Dieterlen and Heim de Balsac, 1979).