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 Nectogale Milne-Edwards, 1870 - web-footed water shrew Nectogale elegans Milne-Edwards, 1870 - elegant water shrew