. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. BONNER ZOOLOGISCHE MONOGRAPHIEN Nr. 55/2009 33a) SK ; HF 12-14; T 45-62; rieh dark brown above graduating to medium gray below Crocidura hildegardeae 33b) SK ; UTR ; mental foramen of mandible under U2 HF 10-13; T 35-50; dark brown above, distinctly medium gray Crocidura fuscomurina 33c) SK ; UTR ; men- tal foramen under Mi; HF 9-10; T 30-45; color about as fuscomu- rina Crocidura elgonius 34a) Whitish belly color distinctly sep- arated from darker back and flank; HF 10-13,5; SK ; 4 unicuspid
. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. BONNER ZOOLOGISCHE MONOGRAPHIEN Nr. 55/2009 33a) SK ; HF 12-14; T 45-62; rieh dark brown above graduating to medium gray below Crocidura hildegardeae 33b) SK ; UTR ; mental foramen of mandible under U2 HF 10-13; T 35-50; dark brown above, distinctly medium gray Crocidura fuscomurina 33c) SK ; UTR ; men- tal foramen under Mi; HF 9-10; T 30-45; color about as fuscomu- rina Crocidura elgonius 34a) Whitish belly color distinctly sep- arated from darker back and flank; HF 10-13,5; SK ; 4 unicuspids Suncus lixa 34b) Color as above; HF 10-13; SK ; 3 unicuspids Crocidura parvipes 34c) Color as above, T 30-40; bristles conspicuously white; HF 8-10; SK ; XBC ; 3 unicuspids Crocidura nan ilia Myosorex blarina. Figs. 5ID, 52A Myosorex blariyia Thomas 1906, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 7 (18): 139; Ruwenzori, Mubuku Valley 3050 m, Uganda. Range. The above description by Thomas (1906) was not only the first Uganda report, but the first bona- fide Myosorex outside S Africa, ignoring ill-founded Myosorexpreussi' (see Hutterer 1993, p. 99) andM johnstoni later placed in Sylvisorex. Today the genus is known in equatorial regions only on a few high mountain areas in bog situations; M. Marina seems confined to the massif of Ruwenzori, not extended to the Kivu area in D. R. Congo where babaulti and schalleri were once doubtfully included (Corbet & Hill 1980). Since it has not been discovered on Mt Elgon, we believe that even rarer specimens from Kihmanjaro and Uluguru Mts are also separate spe- cies. The name blarina was chosen by Thomas from resemblance to a thickset blackish-furred American shrew of that name. This species was listed in error for BINP by Kasangaki et al. (2003). Fig. 54 displays the Ugandan distribution. Western. Mubuku Valley (BMNH Type, Thomas 1906, Thomas &Wroughton 1910); Kyoha/ Mubuku Rivers, 1890 m; John Mate Camp, 3370 m
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