Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 Family Talpidae Batsch, 1788 - moles, shrew moles and desmans Subfamily Talpinae Batsch, 1788 - moles Genus Neurotrichus Günther, 1880 - American shrew mole Neurotrichus gibbsii (Baird, 1858) - American shrew mole