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Soricomorpha; Fossil range: Middle Eocene–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Southern Short-tailed Shrew
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Class:	Mammalia;
Infraclass:	Eutheria;
Superorder:	Laurasiatheria;
Order:	Soricomorpha; Gregory, 1910
Families
	†Nesophontidae; Solenodontidae; Soricidae; Talpidae;

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

[edit] 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.