Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 Order Afrosoricida Stanhope, 1998 Suborder Tenrecomorpha Butler, 1972 Family Tenrecidae Gray, 1821 - tenrecs Subfamily Oryzorictinae Trouessart, 1879 Genus Oryzorictes Grandidier, 1870 - mole-tenrecs Subgenus Nesoryctes Thomas, 1918