Crocidura religiosa (I. Geoffroy, 1827) . Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15:128.

TYPE LOCALITY: Egypt, Giza .

DISTRIBUTION: Nile Valley (Egypt).

COMMENTS: Described from embalmed specimens from tombs at Thebes; holotype not preserved. Corbet (1978c:27) selected a neotype from Giza.