Superfamily Soricoidea Gill 1872 (placental)
Parent taxon: Soricomorpha according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Lopatin 2006, Schlosser 1877 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Changlelestidae, Geolabididae, Nycticonodon, Plesiosoricidae, Soricidae, Soricota
Subtaxa: Apternodontidae Micropternodontidae Nyctitheriidae Oligoryctidae Parapternodontidae
Ecology: scansorial insectivore