NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Blarina
  Tribe - Blarinini
  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

      Subspecies - Blarina brevicauda aloga
      Subspecies - Blarina brevicauda angusta
      Subspecies - Blarina brevicauda brevicauda
      Subspecies - Blarina brevicauda churchi
      Subspecies - Blarina brevicauda compacta
      Subspecies - Blarina brevicauda hooperi
      Subspecies - Blarina brevicauda kirtlandi
      Subspecies - Blarina brevicauda manitobensis
      Subspecies - Blarina brevicauda pallida
      Subspecies - Blarina brevicauda talpoides
      Subspecies - Blarina brevicauda telmalestes