NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Soricini
  Subfamily - Soricinae
  Family - Soricidae
  Order - Soricomorpha
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Sorex arizonae
      Species - Sorex merriami
      Species - Sorex trowbridgii
      Species - Sorex minutissimus
      Species - Sorex emarginatus
      Species - Sorex planiceps
      Species - Sorex saussurei
      Species - Sorex sclateri
      Species - Sorex stizodon
      Species - Sorex thibetanus
      Species - Sorex ventralis
      Subgenus - Sorex (Ognevia)
      Subgenus - Sorex (Otisorex)
      Subgenus - Sorex (Sorex)
      Species - Sorex veraecrucis