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SPECIES Crocidura mutesae

Author:Heller, 1910.
Citation:Smithson. Misc. Coll., 56(15): 3.
Common Name:Ugandan Musk Shrew
Type Locality:Uganda, Kampala.
Distribution:Uganda; perhaps more widely distributed.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:A large species, alternatively assigned to hirta (Allen, 1939) or suahelae (Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977). Recorded as mutesae from Central African Republic (Ray and Hutterer, 1996), but its taxonomic status is far from being settled. Possibly a synonym of C. olivieri.
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