Mammalia - Tribosphenida - 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, Sonidolestes
Subtaxa: Erinaceus concolor Erinaceus europaeus Erinaceus lechei Erinaceus mongolicus Erinaceus praeglacialis Erinaceus samsonowiczi
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), China (2), Czechia (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)
• Villafranchian of Greece (2), Hungary (3), Italy (1)
• MN 16 of Poland (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), France (1), Hungary (1)
• Pliocene of China (1), Kenya (1), Morocco (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (1)
• Turolian of Afghanistan (1), Greece (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (1)
• Miocene of Austria (1), China (2)
Total: 86 collections including 90 occurrences
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