Subfamily Soricinae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 . Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscow, 5:372.

COMMENTS: The recognition of two subfamilies within the Soricidae is mainly based on Repenning (1967), and has been widely accepted; see George (1986), but see also comments under family. Reumer (1984) modified the tribal subdivision. Work in progress, however, raises doubt on the validity of current concepts.