| rediscovery of the type series of the sacred shrew, <i>sorex</i> <i>religiosus</i> i. geoffroy saint-hilaire, 1826, with additional notes on mummified shrews of ancient egypt (mammalia: soricidae). | in 1826, isidore geoffroy saint-hilaire described the sacred shrew, sorex religiosus [= crocidura religiosa] from a series of 22 embalmed individuals that comprised a portion of the italian archeologist joseph passalacqua's collection of egyptian antiquities from an ancient necropolis near thebes, central egypt. living members of the species were not discovered until the beginning of the 20th century and are currently restricted to the nile delta region, well north of the type locality. in 1968, ... | 2017 | 29245697 |