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Order

The order Insectivora is represented in California by the following taxa:

Family Soricidae (shrews)
    Genus Notiosorex
            Notiosorex crawfordi (Desert Shrew)
    Genus Sorex
        Subgenus Sorex
            Sorex merriami (Merriam's Shrew)
            Sorex trowbridgii (Trowbridge's Shrew)
        Subgenus Otiosorex
            Sorex bendirii (Marsh Shrew or Pacific Water Shrew)
            Sorex lyelli (Mt. Lyell Shrew)
            Sorex monticolus (Montane or Dusky Shrew)
            Sorex ornatus (Ornate Shrew)
                ssp. relictus (Buena Vista Lake Shrew)
                ssp. salarius (Monterey Ornate Shrew)
                ssp. salicornicus (Southern California Salt-marsh Shrew)
                ssp. sinuosus (Suisun Shrew)
                ssp. willettii (Santa Catalina Shrew)
            Sorex pacificus (Pacific Shrew)
            Sorex palustris (Water Shrew)
            Sorex preblei (Preble's Shrew)
            Sorex sonomae (Fog Shrew)
            Sorex tenellus (Inyo Shrew)
            Sorex vagrans (Vagrant Shrew)
                ssp. haliocoetes (Salt-marsh Wandering Shrew)
Family Talpidae (moles)
    Genus Scapanus
            Scapanus latimanus (Broad-footed Mole)
                ssp. parvus (Alameda Island Mole)
            Scapanus orarius (Coast Mole)
            Scapanus townsendii (Townsend's Mole)
    Genus Neurotrichus
            Neurotrichus gibbsii (Shrew-mole)