Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Insectivora Cuvier, 1817 - insectivores
see Grandorder Lipotyphla (Haeckel, 1866) McKenna, 1975
1 Family Solenodontidae Gill, 1872 - solenodons
2 Family ‡Nesophontidae Anthony, 1916
3 Family Tenrecidae Gray, 1821 - tenrecs
4 Family Chrysochloridae (Gray, 1825) Mivart, 1868 - golden moles
5 Family Erinaceidae G. Fischer, 1814 - gymnures and hedgehogs
6 Family Soricidae G. Fischer, 1814 - shrews
7 Family Talpidae Batsch, 1788 - moles, shrew moles and desmans