Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Bestiae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758		Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 73. [assumed]
Soricini (Tribe) Fischer, 1814

Original entries

Sorex aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758
Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758
Sorex cristatus Linnaeus, 1758
Sorex pygmaeus E. Laxmann, 1769

Subsequent entries

Notiosorex (Subgenus) Baird, 1877

Current position

Soricini (Tribe) Fischer, 1814

Ref: R. Hutterer, 2005: 282.

Alternative positions

Bestiae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 53. [new position]
Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 73. [new position]
Soricidae (Family) Fischer, 1814	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 28.
Soricinae (Subfamily) Fischer, 1814	Ref: R. Hutterer, 1993: 111.

Historical positions

Soricini (Tribe) Fischer, 1814	Ref: R. Hutterer, 2005: 282.
Soricini (Tribe) Fischer, 1814	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 289.
Soricinae (Subfamily) Fischer, 1814	Ref: R. Hutterer, 1993: 111.
Soricidae (Family) Fischer, 1814	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 28.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 239. [rough position]
Soricinae (Subfamily) Fischer, 1814	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1024.
Soricinae (Subfamily) Fischer, 1814	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 615.
Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 26, 73. [new position]
Beſtiæ (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 18, 53. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	77s;92ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[77s;92ss]
2005	R. Hutterer: 300	[77s;92ss]
2005	R. Hutterer: 300	[77s;92ss]
1993	R. Hutterer	[70s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[61s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[3s]