Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 Family Soricidae Fischer, 1814 - shrews Genus Sorex Linnaeus, 1758 - long-tailed shrews Sorex palustris Richardson, 1828 - American water shrew