Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 Family Soricidae Fischer, 1814 - shrews Subfamily Soricinae Fischer, 1814 Genus Blarina Gray, 1838 - short-tailed shrews 1 Blarina brevicauda (Say, 1823) - northern short-tailed shrew 2 Blarina carolinensis (Bachman, 1837) - southern short-tailed shrew 3 Blarina hylophaga Elliot, 1899 - Elliot's short-tailed shrew