Crocidura macowi Dollman, 1915 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 16:378.

TYPE LOCALITY: Kenya, "Mt. Nyiro, S. of Lake Rudolf [Lake Turkana]" .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.

COMMENTS: Regarded as a synonym of hildegardeae by Osgood (1936), but retained as a species by Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977), who noticed similarities to niobe .