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Soricomorpha^[1]
Fossil range: Middle Eocene–Recent

Families

The order Soricomorpha ("shrew-form") is a biological clade within the class of mammals. In previous years it formed a significant group within the former Insectivora order. However, that order was shown to be polyphyletic and various new orders were split off from it, including Afrosoricida (tenrecs and golden moles), Macroscelidea (elephant shrews), and Erinaceomorpha (hedgehogs and gymnures), leaving just four families as shown here, leaving Insectivora empty and disbanded.^[1] The order ranges in size from the Etruscan Shrew, at about 3.5 cm and 2 grams, to the Cuban Solenodon, at about 32 cm and 1 kg.

ORDER SORICOMORPHA
- Family Soricidae
  - Subfamily Crocidurinae: white-toothed shrews
  - Subfamily Soricinae: red-toothed shrews
  - Subfamily Myosoricinae: African white-toothed shrews
- Family Talpidae: moles
  - Subfamily Scalopinae
  - Subfamily Talpinae
  - Subfamily Uropsilinae
- Family Solenodontidae: solenodons
- Family †Nesophontidae: West Indian shrews

References

^ ^a ^b Hutterer, Rainer (November 16, 2005). Don E. Wilson and DeeAnn M. Reeder. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 220-311. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.

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Kingdom Animalia · Phylum Chordata · Subphylum Vertebrata · (unranked) Amniota

Australosphenida	Monotremata (Platypus and echidnas)

Metatheria (Marsupial inclusive)	Didelphimorphia (Opossums) · Paucituberculata (Shrew opossums) · Microbiotheria (Monito del Monte) · Notoryctemorphia (Marsupial moles) · Dasyuromorphia (Quolls and dunnarts) · Peramelemorphia (Bilbies and bandicoots) · Diprotodontia (Kangaroos and relatives)

Eutheria	Afrosoricida (Tenrecs and golden moles) · Macroscelidea (Elephant shrews) · Tubulidentata (Aardvark) · Hyracoidea (Hyraxes) · Proboscidea (Elephants) · Sirenia (Dugongs and manatees) · Cingulata (Armadillos) · Pilosa (Anteaters and sloths) · Scandentia (Treeshrews) · Dermoptera (Colugos) · Primates · Rodentia (Rodents) · Lagomorpha (Rabbits and relatives) · Erinaceomorpha (Hedgehogs and relatives) · Soricomorpha (Shrews and moles) · Chiroptera (Bats) · Pholidota (Pangolins) · Carnivora · Perissodactyla (Odd-toed ungulates) · Artiodactyla (Even-toed ungulates) · Cetacea (Whales and dolphins)

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