Order Insectivora Author Rainer Hutterer text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 69 130 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353085 1-56098-217-9 7353085 Crocidura floweri Dollman, 1915 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 15:515 . TYPE LOCALITY: " Giza , Egypt ." DISTRIBUTION: Environs of Upper Nile valley and Wadi el Natrun, Egypt . COMMENTS: Mummified shrews from Ancient Egypt have been identified as C. floweri ; see Heim de Balsac and Mein (1971) . Possibly related to crossei and arabica ; see Hutterer and Harrison (1988) .