Atelerix Pomel 1848 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae

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

See also Crespo et al. 2020 and Van Valen 1967

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of South Africa (2 collections)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Spain (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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