Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821
     1 Family Solenodontidae Gill, 1872 - solenodons
     2 Family ‡Nesophontidae Anthony, 1916
     3 Family Tenrecidae Gray, 1821 - tenrecs
     4 Family Chrysochloridae Gray, 1825 - golden moles
     5 Family Erinaceidae Fischer, 1814 - gymnures and hedgehogs
     6 Family Soricidae Fischer, 1814 - shrews
     7 Family Talpidae Batsch, 1788 - moles, shrew moles and desmans