Order Soricomorpha Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 220 311 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Crocidura floweri Dollman 1915 Crocidura floweri Dollman 1915 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 15: 515 . Type Locality: " Giza , Egypt ." . Vernacular Names: Flower's Shrew . Distribution: Environs of Upper Nile valley and Wadi el Natrun, Egypt ( Goodman, 1989 ). Conservation: IUCN – Endangered. Discussion: 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) .