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 Solenodontidae Gill 1872 Solenodontidae Gill 1872 , Smithson. Misc. Coll., 11 (1): 19 . Genera: 1 genus with 4 species: Genus Solenodon Brandt 1833 (4 species with 2 subspecies) Discussion: Dobson (1882 a :82) was the first to raise Gill's subfamily to family level. The inclusion of this family in the Soricomorpha may not be justified; see Asher (1999) , Whidden and Asher (2001) , and Asher et al. (2002) .