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Atelerix

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Atelerix was named by Pomel (1848). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Erinaceus by Van Valen (1967).

It was assigned to Erinaceinae by Gould (1995) and Crespo et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Atelerix Pomel
1995Atelerix Gould p. 7
2020Atelerix Crespo et al. p. 1218

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyErinaceinaeFischer de Waldheim 1817
genusAtelerixPomel 1848

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Atelerix Pomel 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available