Tribe Erinaceini Fischer de Waldheim 1817 (hedgehog)
Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Parent taxon: Erinaceinae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Amphechinini, Atelerix, Erinaceus, Hemiechinus, Hibbarderix, Mesechinus, Mioechinus, Oligoechinus, Scymnericini
Subtaxa: Postpalerinaceus Stenoechinus Untermannerix
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), Hungary (1), United States (21: Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma)
• Arikareean of United States (2: Montana)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence