bush and also to the stick piles. They are easily trapped with ordinary mouse traps. The meal put on the traps attract ants. These ants in turn attract the black-eared elephant shrew. I also collected the same species at Garies, Namqualand. Garies is situated in between mountains. The slopes of these mountains are dry with no vegetation other than scattered succulent plants and small bushes. There are outcroppings of metamorphosed rocks all of which are rounded boulders. There are no stick piles here, so the shrews take refuge in holes they make under small bushes. They also take refuge under rocks, and ledges, and cracks in the rocks. There are numerous at Garies. With a little patience you can see them at any time of the day.