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Soricidae (shrew)
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Taxonomy
Soricidae was named by Fischer (1814). It is extant.
It was assigned to Bestiae by Bonaparte (1850); to Insectivora by Cope (1889); to Soricoidea by Schlosser (1877) and Van Valen (1967); to Insectivora by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Shoshani et al. (1989) and Nowak (1991); to Eulipotyphla by Madsen et al. (2001) and Douady et al. (2002); to Lipotyphla by Asher et al. (2005) and Asher and Helgen (2010); and to Soricomorpha by Gregory (1910), Carroll (1988) and Silcox et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Bestiae by Bonaparte (1850); to Insectivora by Cope (1889); to Soricoidea by Schlosser (1877) and Van Valen (1967); to Insectivora by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Shoshani et al. (1989) and Nowak (1991); to Eulipotyphla by Madsen et al. (2001) and Douady et al. (2002); to Lipotyphla by Asher et al. (2005) and Asher and Helgen (2010); and to Soricomorpha by Gregory (1910), Carroll (1988) and Silcox et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Alloblarinella, Amphisorex, Anchiblarinella, Anouroneomys, Arctisorex, Asoriculus, Beckiasorex, Cokia, Cretasorex, Crocidosoricinae, Crocidurinae, Limnoecinae, Lunanosorex, Paenelimnoecus, Paenepetenyia, Parydrosorex, Petenyiella (syn. Allopachyura), Planisorex, Podihik, Pseudotrimylus, Siwalikosorex, Soricinae, Tregosorex, Wilsonosorex, Zelceina
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1814 | Soricidae Fischer |
| 1850 | Soricidae Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1877 | Soricidae Schlosser p. 89 |
| 1883 | Soricidae Flower p. 186 |
| 1889 | Soricidae Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Soricidae Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
| 1910 | Soricidae Gregory p. 465 |
| 1967 | Soricidae Van Valen |
| 1988 | Soricidae Carroll |
| 1989 | Soricidae Shoshani et al. p. 436 |
| 1991 | Soricidae Nowak |
| 2001 | Soricidae Madsen et al. p. 611 |
| 2002 | Soricidae Douady et al. p. 204 |
| 2005 | Soricidae Asher et al. p. 920 |
| 2010 | Soricidae Asher and Helgen p. 3 figs. Figure 1 |
| 2010 | Soricidae Silcox et al. |
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