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 flavescens (I. Geoffroy 1827) [Crocidura] flavescens (I. Geoffroy 1827) , Dict. Class. Hist. Nat., 11: 324 . Type Locality: "La Cafrerie et le pays des Hottentots" = King William's Town, South Africa . Vernacular Names: Greater Red Musk Shrew . Synonyms: Crocidura capensis (A. Smith 1833 ) ; Crocidura cinnamomeus (Lichtenstein 1829) ; Crocidura knysnae Roberts 1946 ; Crocidura rutilus ( Sundevall 1846 ) . Distribution: South Africa . Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable. Discussion: For correct original citation see Ellerman et al. (1953). Does not include olivieri ; see Maddalena et al. (1987) and comments under that species. Reviewed by Meester (1963) . Karyotype (2n = 50, FN = 74) described by Maddalena et al. (1987) .