Table 1.

Social organization of species from the order Eulipotyphla sorted by family, as revealed by our primary literature search. For comparison, the information provided in the database by Lukas & Clutton-Brock [7] and in Walker's Mammals of the World [16] is provided.

	primary literature search	database Lukas & Clutton-Brock	mammals of the World
family Erinaceidae (hedgehogs and moonrats)
number of species	24	14	20
social organization unknown	23	0	6
solitary	1	14	13
group-living	0	0	0
solitary and group-living	0	0	1
family Talpidae (moles)
number of species	41	17	42
social organization unknown	37	0	33
solitary	2	17	4
group-living	0	0	5
solitary and group-living	2	0	0
family Solenodontidae (solenodons)
number of species	2	1	2
social organization unknown	2	0	1
solitary	0	0	0
group-living	0	1	1
solitary and group-living	0	0	0
family Soricidae (shrews)
number of species	378	367	322
social organization unknown	367	0	220
solitary	4	366	99
group-living	4	1	3
solitary and group-living	3	0	0