Crocidura batesi Dollman, 1915 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 15:143.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Como River, Gabon."

DISTRIBUTION: Lowland forest in S Cameroon and Gabon.

COMMENTS: Often included in poensis; specimens from Cameroon and Gabon have been reported as wimmeri; but see Brosset (1988).