Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Gnathostomata
     Teleostomi
       Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
         Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988] - amniotes
           Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
             Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
               Theria of Metatherian-Eutherian grade
                 Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                   Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821
                     Suborder Soricomorpha Gregory, 1910
                       Superfamily Soricoidea Fischer, 1814
                         1 Family †Geolabididae McKenna, 1960
                         2 Family Talpidae Batsch, 1788 - moles, shrew moles and desmans
                         3 Family †Proscalopidae Reed, 1961
                         4 Family †Plesiosoricidae Winge, 1917
                         5 Family Soricidae Fischer, 1814 - shrews
                         6 Family †Nyctitheriidae Simpson, 1928
                         7 Family †Micropternodontidae Stirton & Rensberger, 1964
                         8 Family †Dimylidae Schlosser, 1887