Order Soricomorpha Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 220 311 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Scaptochirus Milne-Edwards 1867 Scaptochirus Milne-Edwards 1867 , Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), 7: 375 . Type Species: Scaptochirus moschatus Milne-Edwards 1867 Synonyms: Chiroscaptor Heude 1898 . Species and subspecies: 1 species: Species Scaptochirus moschatus Milne-Edwards 1867 Discussion: Included in Talpa by Corbet (1978 c :36) and Corbet and Hill (1991:38) . Retained a genus by Abe et al. (1991) and Gureev (1979:282) .