Crocidura miya Phillips, 1929 . Spolia Zeylan., 15:113.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sri Lanka, Kandyan Hills, Nilambe Dist., Moolgama, 3,000 ft. [914 m].

DISTRIBUTION: Highlands of C Sri Lanka.

COMMENTS: A very distinctive species, resembling C. elongata of Sulawesi, or C. dolichura of Africa. Known by a handful of specimens; see Phillips (1980) for further information.