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 hirta Peters 1852 Crocidura hirta Peters 1852 , Reise nach Mossambique, Saugethiere: 78 . Type Locality: Mozambique , Tette, 17°S . Vernacular Names: Lesser Red Musk Shrew . Synonyms: Crocidura annellata Peters 1852 ; Crocidura beirae Dollman 1915 ; Crocidura bloyeti Dekeyser 1943 ; Crocidura canescens Peters 1852 ; Crocidura deserti Schwann 1906 ; Crocidura flavidula Thomas and Schwann 1905 ; Crocidura langi Cabrera 1925 ; Crocidura luimbalensis Hill and Carter 1937 ; Crocidura velutina Thomas 1904 . Distribution: Angola , Dem. Rep. Congo , Uganda , Kenya , Somalia , Tanzania , Malawi , Zimbabwe , Zambia , Mozambique , Botswana , Namibia , South Africa . Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Gureev (1979) listed beirae and deserti as distinct species; the latter may well be separable. C. bloyeti , formerly listed as a species, is included here because it was based on a juvenile hirta . The Angolan erica may also belong here. The karyotype of hirta (2n = 50, FN = 66) is shared by olivieri , viaria , greenwoodi , and attila ( Schlitter et al., 1999 ) . For synonyms see Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977) .