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 macowi Dollman, 1915 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 16:378 . TYPE LOCALITY: Kenya , "Mt. Nyiro, S. of Lake Rudolf [Lake Turkana ]" . DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. COMMENTS: Regarded as a synonym of hildegardeae by Osgood (1936) , but retained as a species by Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977) , who noticed similarities to niobe .