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SPECIES Crocidura religiosa

Author:I. Geoffroy, 1827.
Citation:Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 128.
Common Name:Egyptian Pygmy Shrew
Type Locality:Egypt, Giza.
Distribution:Nile Valley (Egypt).
Status:IUCN – Data Deficient.
Comments:Described from embalmed specimens from Ancient Egyptian tombs at Thebes; holotype not preserved. Corbet (1978c:27) selected a neotype from Giza.
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