Subfamily Hylomyinae Anderson, 1879 . Anat. Zool. Res., Yunnan, 1:138.
SYNONYMS: Echinosoricinae, Galericinae, Gymnurinae.
COMMENTS: Better known as Echinosoricinae or Galericinae; but see Frost et al. (1991:23), whose taxonomic proposal is adopted here.