Erinaceus Linnaeus 1758 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Synonyms: Aethechinus Thomas 1918, Herinaceus Mina-Palumbo 1868, Peroeclinus Fitzinger 1866, Setiger Saint-Hilaire 1803

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Erinaceinae according to G. C. Gould 1995

See also Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Kurten 1968, Linnaeus 1758, Martin and Rauhut 2005, Silcox et al. 2010 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Amphechinini, Atelerix, Erinaceini, Hemiechinus, Hibbarderix, Mesechinus, Mioechinus, Oligoechinus, Scymnericini

Subtaxa: Erinaceus concolor Erinaceus europaeus Erinaceus lechei Erinaceus mongolicus Erinaceus praeglacialis Erinaceus samsonowiczi

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Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), China (2), the Czech Republic (3), Egypt (2), Estonia (1), France (3), Georgia (1), Germany (4), Greece (5), Hungary (9), Israel (2), Italy (6), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (2), Portugal (1), Romania (2), South Africa (5), Spain (7), the United Kingdom (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), France (1), Hungary (1)

• Pliocene of China (1), Greece (2), Hungary (3), Italy (1), Kenya (1), Morocco (2), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (1)

• Miocene of Afghanistan (1), Austria (1), China (2), Greece (1)

Total: 86 collections including 90 occurrences

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