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Taxon: Superfamily Soricoidea Fischer, 1814 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Eulipotyphla

Subsequent positions

Soricomorpha (Order) Gregory, 1910

Original entries

Questionably Apternodontidae (Family) Matthew, 1910
Questionably Micropternodontidae (Family) Stirton & Rensberger, 1964
Questionably Nesophontidae (Family) Anthony, 1916
Questionably Nyctitheriidae (Family) Simpson, 1928
Questionably Plesiosoricidae (Family) Winge, 1917
Questionably Solenodontidae (Family) Gill, 1872

Subsequent entries

Soricidae (Family) Fischer, 1814

Current position

Soricomorpha (Suborder) Gregory, 1910 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 630 [McKenna & Bell, 1997: 285].

Alternative positions

Insectivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821 Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 615.
Soricomorpha (Order) Gregory, 1910 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 285.
Soricota (Infraorder) Kalandadze & Rautian, 1992 Ref: A.V. Lopatin, 2006: S384.

Historical positions

Soricota (Infraorder) Kalandadze & Rautian, 1992 Ref: A.V. Lopatin, 2006: S384.
Soricomorpha (Order) Gregory, 1910 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 285.
Soricomorpha (Suborder) Gregory, 1910 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 630, table A-1 (p. 629).
Insectivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821 Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 615.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 1f;25g;376s;188ss;1v; ‡1g;4s;1ss; †2f;84g;11s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 18 Jul 2022 [1f;25g;376s;188ss; ‡1g; †2f;84g]
2006 A.V. Lopatin: S384 [1f; †2f]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [2f;22g; ‡1f;2g; †4f;91g]
1988 R.L. Carroll: 631 [2f; †6f]
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