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== Classification == * '''Order [[Eulipotyphla]] (remnant of 'Insectivora')''' ** '''Family [[Erinaceidae]]''' *** Subfamily Erinaceinae: [[hedgehog]]s *** Subfamily Hylomyinae: [[gymnure|moonrats]] and [[gymnure]]s ** '''Family [[Soricidae]]''' *** [[File:Southern short-tailed shrew.jpg|thumb|A [[Shrew]].]]Subfamily Crocidurinae: [[white-toothed shrew]]s *** Subfamily Soricinae: [[red-toothed shrew]]s *** Subfamily Myosoricinae: [[African white-toothed shrew]]s ** '''Family [[Talpidae]]''' *** Subfamily Desmaninae: [[desman]]s *** Subfamily Talpinae: [[Mole (animal)|moles]] *** Subfamily Uropsilinae: [[shrew moles]] ** '''Family [[Solenodontidae]]''': solenodons ** '''Family [[Nesophontidae]]''': extinct West Indian shrews Family-level cladogram of extant insectivoran relationships, following Roca et al.:<ref name=Rocaetal04/> {{clade |label1='''[[Eulipotyphla]]''' |1={{clade |1 = [[Solenodontidae]] |2 = {{clade |1 = [[Talpidae]] |2 ={{clade |1 = [[Soricidae]] |2 = [[Erinaceidae]] }} }} }} }} These families have been placed within Insectivora in the past: :* Family [[Chrysochloridae]] ([[golden mole]]s) :* Family [[Tenrecidae]] ([[tenrec]]s) :*Family [[Potamogalidae]] ([[Potamogalidae|otter shrews]]) :* Family [[Macroscelididae]] ([[elephant shrew]]s) :* Family [[Tupaiidae]] ([[Tupaiidae|true treeshrews]]) :*Family [[Pen-tailed treeshrew|Ptilocercidae]] ([[pen-tailed treeshrew]]) :* Family [[Cynocephalidae]] ([[colugo]]s) Not to be confused with [[insectivore]]s (the eaters of insects considered as a [[List of feeding behaviours|feeding behavior]]), many of which do not belong to Eulipotyphla or the other taxa formerly included within Insectivora.
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