Suborder Soricomorpha Gregory 1910 (placental)
Parent taxon: Eulipotyphla according to M. T. Silcox et al. 2010
See also Douady et al. 2002, Gregory 1910, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lopatin 2006, McKenna 1975, McKenna and Bell 1997, Novacek et al. 1985, Rose et al. 2012, Tabuce et al. 2005, Wilson and Reeder 2005 and Ziegler 2009
Sister taxa: Erinaceomorpha, Ghamidtherium, Solenodontidae, Erinaceoidae, Erinaceidae, Pantolestoidae, Aethomylos
Subtaxa: Changlelestidae Geolabididae Nycticonodon Plesiosoricidae Soricidae Soricoidea Soricota
Ecology: scansorial insectivore