Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Gnathostomata
     Teleostomi
       Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
         Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988] - amniotes
           Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
             Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
               Theria of Metatherian-Eutherian grade
                 Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                   Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821
                     1 Suborder Erinaceomorpha Gregory, 1910 [monotypic]
                     2 Suborder Soricomorpha Gregory, 1910
                     3 Suborder Zalambdodonta