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 Scutisorex Thomas 1913 Scutisorex Thomas 1913 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 11: 321 . Type Species: Sylvisorex somereni Thomas 1910 Species and subspecies: 1 species: Species Scutisorex somereni (Thomas 1910) Discussion: For placement in Crocidurinae see Repenning (1967:15) . Genetic data place Scutisorex next to Sylvisorex (Querouil et al., 2001) . The unique vertebrate column ( Ahmed and Klima, 1978 ) and a characteristic skull roof distinguish the genus, however.