Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Soricomorpha Gregory, 1910 see Suborder Soricomorpha Gregory, 1910
       Family Talpidae Batsch, 1788 - moles, shrew moles and desmans
         Subfamily Talpinae Batsch, 1788 - moles
           Tribe Urotrichini Dobson, 1883
             Genus Urotrichus Temminck, 1841 - Japanese shrew moles
               Urotrichus talpoides Temminck, 1841 - greater Japanese shrew-mole
                 1 [Urotrichus talpoides talpoides]ᵀ Temminck, 1841
                 2 Urotrichus talpoides adversus Thomas, 1908
                 3 Urotrichus talpoides centralis Thomas, 1908
                 4 Urotrichus talpoides hondoensis Thomas, 1918
                 5 Urotrichus talpoides minutus Tokuda, 1932