Kirukanjia (mamalia) : Tofauti kati ya masahihisho

| himaya = [[Mnyama|Animalia]] <small>(Wanyama)</small>

| faila = [[Chordate|Chordata]] <small>(Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni)</small>

| ngeli = [[MamaliaMammalia]] <small>(Wanyama wenye viwele wanaonyonyesha wadogo wao)</small>

| oda = [[Soricomorpha]] <small>(Wanyama kama [[kirukanjia (mamalia)|virukanjia]])</small>

| familia = [[Soricidae]] (Wanyama walio na mnasaba na virukanjia)

| subdivision = '''Nusufamilia 3<br>:'''

* [[Crocidurinae]] ([[Kirukanjia Meno-meupe|Virukanjia meno-meupe]]) <small>[[Henri Milne-Edwards|Milne-Edwards]], 1872</small><br>

* [[Myosoricinae]] ([[Kirukanjia wa Afrika|Virukanjia wa Afrika]]) <small>[[Miklós Kretzoi|Kretzoi]], 1965</small><br>

* [[Soricinae]] ([[Kirukanjia Meno-mekundu|Virukanjia meno-mekundu]]) <small>[[Johann Fischer von Waldheim|Fischer von Waldheim]], 1814</small>

'''Virukanjia''' ni [[mnyama|wanyama]] wadogo wanaofanana na [[kipanya|vipanya]] wenye [[pua]] refu, lakini wanyama hawa si [[mgugunaji|wagugunaji]] ([[oda]] [[Rodentia]]) na hula [[mdudu|wadudu]] na [[nyungunyungu]] hasa lakini [[mbegu]] na [[kokwa|makokwa]] pia na [[spishi]] chachekadhaa hukamata [[samaki]] wadogo. Meno yao yamechongoka yenye ncha kali. Virukanjia ni wadogo sana. Spishi kubwa kabisa ina sm 15 na uzito wa g 100; ile ndogo kabisa ina sm 3.5 tu na uzito wa g 2 ([[Kirukanjia wa Etruski]], mamalia wa ardhi mdogo kabisa duniani). Rangi yao ni nyeusi, kijivu au kahawia.

File:CrociduraMyosorex pachuyra 02-croppedvarius.jpgpng|Kirukanjia meno-meupewa Afrika

File:SorexCrocidura ornatuspachuyra relictus02-cropped.jpg|Kirukanjia meno-mekundumeupe