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 Suncus dayi (Dobson, 1888) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 1:428 . TYPE LOCALITY: India , Cochin , Trichur . DISTRIBUTION: S India . STATUS: Rare. COMMENTS: A very distinct species resembling Sylvisorex morio .