Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Soricomorpha Gregory, 1910 see Suborder Soricomorpha Gregory, 1910
       Family Talpidae Batsch, 1788 - moles, shrew moles and desmans
         Subfamily Talpinae Batsch, 1788 - moles
           Tribe Urotrichini Dobson, 1883
             Genus Urotrichus Temminck, 1841 - Japanese shrew moles
               Urotrichus talpoides Temminck, 1841 - greater Japanese shrew-mole
                 Urotrichus talpoides centralis Thomas, 1908