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 whitakeri de Winton 1897 Crocidura whitakeri de Winton 1897 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1897: 954 . Type Locality: Morocco , between Morocco City and Mogador , Sierzet. Vernacular Names: Whitaker's Shrew . Synonyms: Crocidura essaouiranensis Vesmanis and Vesmanis 1980 ; Crocidura matruhensis Setzer 1960 ; Crocidura mesatanensis Vesmanis and Vesmanis 1980 ; Crocidura zaianensis Vesmanis and Vesmanis 1980 . Distribution: Atlantic and Mediterranean parts of Morocco , Algeria and Tunisia ; one record from coastal Egypt (Hutterer, 1994). Range in Morocco mapped by Aulagnier and Thévenot (1987); in Algeria by Rzebik-Kowalska (1988) ; and in Tunisia by Sara and Zanca (1992) . Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: For synonyms see Hutterer (1987, 1991).