After Butler, 1978, and McKenna & Bell, 1997, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Crocidurinae |?- "Sorex" pusilliformis Doben-Florin |?- "Sorex" dehmi Viret & Zapfe |?- "Sorex" dehmi africanus Lavocat, 1961 |-- Crocidura Wagler, 1832 |-- †Soricella discrepans Doben-Florin, 1964 |--o †Miosorex Kretzoi, 1959 | |-- †M. grivensis (Depéret, 1892) | `-- †M. pusilliformis (Doben-Florin, 1964) |?- †Similisorex |-- Myosorex Gray, 1838 |-- Suncus Ehrenberg, 1832 |--o Sylvisorex Thomas, 1904 | |?- S. isabellae | |?- S. oriundus | |-- S. ollula | |-- S. lunaris | |-- S. morio (mount Cameroun forest shrew) | |-- S. howelli | |-- S. megalura (climbing shrew) | |-- S. granti | |-- S. vulcanorum | `-- S. johnstoni (johnston's pygmy shrew) |--o Diplomesodon Brandt, 1952 | |-- †D. fossorius Repenning, 1965 | `-- D. pulchellum (turkestaninaavikkopäästäinen) |-- Feroculus feroculus (pitkäkynsipäästäinen) |-- Scutisorex somereni (kilpipäästäinen) |-- Ruwenzorisorex suncoides (ruwenzori shrew) |-- Solisorex pearsoni (pearsoninpäästäinen) `--o Paracrocidura |-- P. schoutedeni (lesser largeheaded shrew) |-- P. maxima (largeheaded shrew) `-- P. graueri (itombwe largeheaded shrew)
Reference(s):
- Burkitt, J. H., 1995: Mammals: A world listing of living and extinct species.
–iNet: [file no longer available, looking for a new link] - Butler, P. C., 1978: Insectivora and Chiroptera. 56-68
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in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629 - Ruedi, M., 1996: Phylogenetic evolution and biogeography of southeast Asian shrews (genus Crocidura: Soricidae).
–Biological Journal of the Linnean Society: Vol. 58, #2, pp. 197-219