Order Insectivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 58 106 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353001 0-89327-235-3 7353001 Crocidura sericea (Sundevall, 1843) . K. Sven. Vetenskapsakad Akad. Handl., 1842:173 , 177. TYPE LOCALITY: Sudan , near Bahr-el-Abiad . DISTRIBUTION: Kenya and W. Ethiopia to Guinea-Bissau and Senegal . COMMENT: Includes beta, diana, hindei, macrodon and marrensis; see Heim de Balsac and Meester, 1977 , Part 1:23 who also included bolivari in sericea ; Vesmanis and Vesmanis, 1979, Zool. Abh. Mus . Tierk. Dresden, 36(2):39, regarded bolivari as a distinct species; RH considers bolivari a subspecies of sericea . Gureev, 1979:408 , listed beta and hindei as distinct species without comment. ISIS NUMBER: 5301403007005120001 as C. sericea . 5301403007005013001 as C. beta. 5301403007005054001 as C. hindei.