Soricidae

Blarina carolinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Soricoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla Subordo: Erinaceota Superfamilia: Soricoidea

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamiliae (3 + †4): Crocidurinae – Myosoricinae – Soricinae – †Allosoricinae – †Limnoecinae – †Oligosoricinae – †Soricolestinae

Name

Soricidae G. Fischer, 1814

Synonymy

• Soricinorum Fischer, 1814 [original spelling]
• Soricini Fischer, 1817

References

Primary references

• Fischer, G. 1814. Zoognosia tabulis synopticis illustrata, in usum praelectionum Academiae Imperialis Medico-Chirurgicae Mosquensis edita. Editio Tertia. Volumen Tertium. Quadrupedum reliquorum, cetorum et montrymatum descriptionem continens. Nicolai Sergeidis Vsevolozsky: Mosquae [=Moscow]. xxiv + 732 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fischer, G. 1817. Adversaria zoologica. Fascicule I. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 5: 357–446. BHL. 1 De nexu corporum naturalium in universum. pp. 357–367. 2 De systemate Mammalium. pp. 368–391. 3 De mammalium generibus. pp. 391–446. Reference page. 
• Hutterer, R. 2005. Order Soricomorpha. Pp. 220–311 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• беларуская: Землярыйкавыя
• Deutsch: Spitzmäuse
• English: Shrews
• Esperanto: Sorikedoj
• suomi: Päästäiset
• français: Musaraigne
• magyar: Cickányfélék
• 日本語: トガリネズミ科
• ไทย: หนูผี
• Türkçe: Sivri faregiller

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