Scymnerix Lopatin 2003 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae

Full reference: A. V. Lopatin. 2003. A New Genus of the Erinaceidae (Insectivora, Mammalia) from the Oligocene of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 37(6):653-664

Parent taxon: Scymnericini according to A. V. Lopatin 2003

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Scymnerix tartareus

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Type: Scymnerix tartareus

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ulan-Khureh (Oligocene of Mongolia)

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