Eulipotyphla

Eulipotyphla; Temporal range:
	Clockwise from upper left: a solenodon, hedgehog, mole and shrew
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Magnorder:	Boreoeutheria
Superorder:	Laurasiatheria
Order:	Eulipotyphla; Waddell et al., 1999
Families
	†Amphilemuridae; †Geolabididae; †Nyctitheriidae; †Plesiosoricidae; Solenodonota Brace et al., 2016 †Nesophontidae; Solenodontidae; ; Erinaceota van Valen, 1967 Talpidae; Soricidae; Erinaceidae; ;
Synonyms
	Euinsectivora; Insectivora;

Eulipotyphla (/ˌjuːlɪpoʊˈtɪflə/, from eu- "true" + Lipotyphla "lacking blind gut"; sometimes called true insectivores) is an order of mammals comprising the families Erinaceidae (hedgehogs and gymnures), Solenodontidae (solenodons), Talpidae (moles, shrew-like moles and desmans), and Soricidae (true shrews).