Crocidura bottegi Thomas, 1898 . Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, ser. 2, 18:677.

TYPE LOCALITY: Ethiopia, north-east of Lake Turkana, "between Badditu and Dime" .

DISTRIBUTION: Scattered records from Guinea to Ethiopia and N Kenya.

SYNONYMS: eburnea.

COMMENTS: Includes eburnea; see Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977). Previously also included obscurior which is now treated as a distinct species.