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 and Ziegler 2009
Sister taxon: Erinaceomorpha
Subtaxa: Changlelestidae Heterosoricidae Nycticonodon Nyctitheriidae Parapternodontidae Plesiosoricidae Solenodon Soricidae Soricota
Ecology: scansorial insectivore