Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 Family Soricidae Fischer, 1814 - shrews Genus Blarina Gray, 1838 - short-tailed shrews Blarina carolinensis (Bachman, 1837) - southern short-tailed shrew