Crocidura thalia Dippenaar, 1980 . Ann. Transvaal Mus., 32: 138 -147.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia, NW Bale Province, Gedeb Mtns, SE Dodola, 2,600 m (06°55'N, 39°10'E) .

DISTRIBUTION: Forest and moorland of the Ethiopian highlands on both sides of the Rift Valley.

STATUS: IUCN - Insufficiently known.

COMMENTS: Previous to its description, thalia was known as C. luna macmillani (e.g., Hutterer, 1981c) or C. fumosa; see Yalden (1988), who studied the altitudinal distribution.