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 Blarina brevicauda (Say, 1823) - northern short-tailed shrew