Crocidura somatica Thomas, 1895 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 16:52.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia, Middle Webi Shebeli (about 5°30'N, 44°E) near Geledi (Galadi) .

DISTRIBUTION: Dry savannas and semi-desert areas of Ethiopia, Sudan, and probably Somalia; Mali.

COMMENTS: Revised by Hutterer and Jenkins (1983). Recently recorded from the Sahara (Mali) by Hutterer et al. (1992), who regarded the subspecies dhofarensis from Oman as specifically distinct; see under dhofarensis .