Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae

Synonyms: Ericius Sundevall 1842, Erinaceolus Ognev 1928, Macroechinus Satunin 1907, Paraechinus

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

See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Silcox et al. 2010 and Van Valen 1967

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

Subtaxa: Hemiechinus auritus

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Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Csarnota locality 2 (Pliocene to Pliocene of Hungary)

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