Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Parent taxon: Soricinae according to S. B. George 1986
See also Rzebik-Kowalska 1990, Rzebik-Kowalska 1991 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Allosoricini, Amblycoptini, Anourosoricini, Blarinini, Hemisorex, Nectogalini, Neomyini
Subtaxa: Anchiblarinella Antesorex Blarinella Deinsdorfia Drepanosorex Paenesorex Petenyia Planisorex Sorex
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), China (3), the Czech Republic (3), France (7), Germany (15), Greece (5), Hungary (20), Italy (23), Japan (3), Kyrgyzstan (1), the Netherlands (3), Poland (9), Portugal (1), Romania (14), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (6), Turkey (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (6), United States (104: Alabama, Alaska, 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 United States (41: Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Hungary (3)
• Pliocene of Austria (1), China (7), France (3), Germany (2), Greece (2), Hungary (6), Italy (3), Moldova (1), Poland (8), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (3), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)
• MN 13 of Greece (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Nebraska)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (2)
• Miocene of Austria (5), China (8), France (3), Germany (7), Greece (4), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (1), United States (10: California, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota)
Total: 365 collections including 648 occurrences