Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Parent taxon: Soricidae according to S. B. George 1986
See also Lopatin 2006, Van Valen 1967 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Alloblarinella, Allosoricinae, Alluvisorex, Amphisorex, Asoriculus, Beremendia, Cokia, Cretasorex, Crocidosoricinae, Heterosoricinae, Limnoecinae, Lunanosorex, Microsorex, Nesiotites, Paenepetenyia, Parydrosorex, Petenyiella, Podihik, Protosorex, Siwalikosorex, Soricinae, Soricolestinae, Zelceina
Subtaxa: Crocidura Crocidurini Scutisoricini Suncus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), China (2), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Cote D'Ivoire (1), Ethiopia (1), France (6), Germany (1), Greece (26), Hungary (13), Israel (7), Italy (20), Japan (3), Kenya (2), Madagascar (1), Morocco (3), Palau (1), the Philippines (3), Portugal (1), Romania (7), South Africa (6), Spain (11), Syria (1), Tajikistan (2), Tanzania (3), Tunisia (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (1), Yemen (2), Zambia (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Hungary (1), South Africa (1)
• Pliocene of Austria (1), Ethiopia (1), France (2), Greece (3), Hungary (4), India (3), Kenya (1), Morocco (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (4), Spain (2)
• MN 13 of Turkey (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (2)
• Miocene of China (1), France (2), Libya (1), Namibia (1), Turkey (2)
Total: 171 collections including 240 occurrences