Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Soricidae
Parent taxon: Soricidae according to S. B. George 1986
See also Lopatin 2006, Rzebik-Kowalska 1994 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Alloblarinella, Allosoricinae, Alluvisorex, Amphisorex, Anchiblarinella, Anouroneomys, Arctisorex, Asoriculus, Beckiasorex, Beremendia, Cokia, Cretasorex, Crocidosoricinae, Crocidurinae, Limnoecinae, Limnoecus, Lunanosorex, Nesiotites, Paenepetenyia, Paracryptotis, Parydrosorex, Petenyiella, Planisorex, Podihik, Pseudotrimylus, Siwalikosorex, Soricolestinae, Tregosorex, Wilsonosorex, Zelceina
Subtaxa: Allosoricini Amblycoptini Anourosoricini Blarinini Hemisorex Neomyini Soricini
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), China (3), Colombia (1), the Czech Republic (3), France (8), Germany (15), Greece (4), Hungary (20), Italy (32), Japan (3), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mexico (2), the Netherlands (3), Poland (9), Portugal (1), Romania (14), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (8), Turkey (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (6), United States (155: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (51: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Hungary (3), Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Austria (2), China (7), France (8), Hungary (7), Italy (4), Moldova (1), Morocco (2), Poland (8), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (10), Turkey (2), Ukraine (1)
• MN 13 of Greece (1), Turkey (2)
• Hemphillian of United States (6: Arizona, California, Nebraska, Oregon)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (1)
• Miocene of Austria (9), China (11), France (3), Germany (14), Greece (6), Hungary (6), Mongolia (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (6), Turkey (3), United States (15: California, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 499 collections including 978 occurrences