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Taxon: Family
Soricidae
G. Fischer, 1814
- shrews
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Natura - nature
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......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Synapsida
............................................Therapsida
..............................................Theriodontia
................................................Eutheriodontia
..................................................Cynodontia
....................................................Eucynodontia
......................................................Mammaliamorpha
........................................................Mammaliaformes
..........................................................Holotheria
............................................................Class Mammalia - mammals
..............................................................Theriimorpha
................................................................Theriiformes
..................................................................Trechnotheria
....................................................................Cladotheria
......................................................................Zatheria
........................................................................Subclass Boreosphenida
..........................................................................Theria
............................................................................Infraclass Eutheria
..............................................................................Cohort Placentalia - placentals
................................................................................Magnorder Boreoeutheria
..................................................................................Grandorder Laurasiatheria
....................................................................................Order Eulipotyphla
......................................................................................Suborder Soricomorpha
........................................................................................Superfamily Soricoidea
..........................................................................................Family †Apternodontidae
..........................................................................................Family †Micropternodontidae
..........................................................................................Family ‡Nesophontidae
..........................................................................................Family †Nyctitheriidae
..........................................................................................Family †Plesiosoricidae
..........................................................................................Family Solenodontidae - solenodons
..........................................................................................(Family Soricidae)
..........................................................................................Family Soricidae - shrews
............................................................................................Genus †Mysarachne
............................................................................................Genus †Planisorex
............................................................................................Subfamily †Allosoricinae
............................................................................................Subfamily Crocidurinae
............................................................................................Subfamily †Heterosoricinae
............................................................................................Subfamily †Limnoecinae
............................................................................................Subfamily Myosoricinae
............................................................................................Subfamily Soricinae
............................................................................................»Genus Anourosorex - mole shrew, Sichuan burrowing shrew
............................................................................................»Genus Blarina - short-tailed shrews
............................................................................................»Genus Blarinella - Asiatic short-tailed shrew
............................................................................................»Genus Chimarrogale - Asiatic water shrews
............................................................................................»Genus Crocidura - white-toothed shrews
............................................................................................»Genus Cryptotis - small-eared shrews
............................................................................................»Genus Diplomesodon - piebald shrew, Turkestan desert shrew
............................................................................................»Genus Feroculus - Kelaart's long-clawed shrew
............................................................................................»Genus Megasorex - giant Mexican shrew
............................................................................................»Genus Myosorex - mouse shrews
............................................................................................»Genus Nectogale - web-footed water shrew
............................................................................................»Genus Neomys - Old World water shrews
............................................................................................»Genus Notiosorex - gray shrews
............................................................................................»Genus Paracrocidura
............................................................................................»Genus Ruwenzorisorex
............................................................................................»Genus Scutisorex - armored shrew
............................................................................................»Genus Solisorex - Pearson's long-clawed shrew
............................................................................................»Genus Sorex - long-tailed shrews
............................................................................................»Genus Soriculus - Asiatic shrews
............................................................................................»Genus Suncus - musk shrews
............................................................................................»Genus Sylvisorex - forest musk shrews
............................................................................................(Genus Crossogale)
............................................................................................(Genus Pachyura)
............................................................................................(Genus Podihik)
............................................................................................(Subfamily †Crocidosoricinae)
............................................................................................(Subfamily Scutisoricinae)
Authorship
Original name
Fischer [von Waldheim], G. 1814. Zoognosia tabulis synopticis illustrata, 3: x.
Subsequent rank
Gray, 1821: 300.
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
Soricoidea
(Superfamily)
G. Fischer, 1814
Nominotypical taxon
Soricinae
(Subfamily)
G. Fischer, 1814
Variants
Incorrect authorship
Soricidae
(Family)
G. Fischer, 1817, err. bibl.
Taxonomic positions
Subsequent position
Soricoidea
(Superfamily)
G. Fischer, 1814
Vernacular Names
Dutch
:
spitsmuizen
English
:
shrews
Number of Subtaxa
2013
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
25g;375s;188ss;1v; ‡1g;4s;1ss; †60g;6s
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
[25g;375s;188ss; †60g]
2005
R. Hutterer
: 300
[25g;374s;189ss]
1997
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell
[21g; ‡1g; †57g]
1993
R. Hutterer
23g;312s
1991
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill
[21g];~272s
1982
A.F. DeBlase
3sf;[20g]
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012