Neurotrichini
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Neurotrichini is a tribe within the subfamily Talpinae
Talpinae
The subfamily Talpinae, sometimes called "Old World moles" or "Old World moles and relatives", is one of three subfamilies of the mole family Talpidae, the others being the Scalopinae, or New World moles, and the Uropsilinae, or shrew-like moles....

 of the mole
Talpidae
The family Talpidae includes the moles, shrew moles, desmans, and other intermediate forms of small insectivorous mammals of the order Soricomorpha...

 family. It includes the living genus Neurotrichus
Neurotrichus
Neurotrichus is a genus of shrew-like moles. It is classified, together with the fossil genus Quyania, in the tribe Neurotrichini of the subfamily Talpinae. The only living species is the American shrew-mole of the northwestern United States and British Columbia...

—with a single living species, the American shrew-mole (Neurotrichus gibbsii) as well as some fossil species—and the fossil Quyania.

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