Crocidura erica Dollman, 1915 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 15:145.

TYPE LOCALITY: Angola, Pungo Andongo .

DISTRIBUTION: W Angola.

COMMENTS: Resembles hirta in cranial dimensions; see Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977). Related to nigricans, according to Crawford-Cabral (1987).