Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872 see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                 Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821
                   Superfamily Soricoidea Fischer, 1814
                     Family Soricidae Fischer, 1814 - shrews
                       Subfamily Crocidurinae Milne-Edwards, 1872
                         Genus Nectogale Milne-Edwards, 1870 - web-footed water shrew
                           1 Nectogale elegans Milne-Edwards, 1870 - elegant water shrew