Crocidura zaphiri Dollman, 1915 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 15:509.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia, "Charada Forest, Kaffa" .

DISTRIBUTION: Kaffa Prov. (S Ethiopia); Kaimosi, Kisumu (Kenya).

SYNONYMS: simiolus.

COMMENTS: Includes simiolus; see Osgood (1936:224). May also include mutesae and suahelae (here questionably listed in viaria), in which case it would be a widely distributed species; see Hutterer and Yalden (1990:70).