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The high-level taxonomic nomenclature follows Bannikova & Lebedev (2012), who consider Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha and Talpomorpha as suborders of the order Lipotyphla (Eulipotyphla sensu Bannikova & Lebedev, 2012).
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