Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 Family Talpidae Batsch, 1788 - moles, shrew moles and desmans Subfamily Talpinae Batsch, 1788 - moles Genus Scaptochirus Milne-Edwards, 1867 - short-faced mole Scaptochirus moschatus Milne-Edwards, 1867 - short-faced mole