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Erinaceinae

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy

Erinaceinae was named by Fischer de Waldheim (1817). It is extant.

It was assigned to Erinaceidae by Schlosser (1877), Hay (1930), Van Valen (1967), Gould (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Lopatin (2006), Gunnell et al. (2008).

Subtaxa

Amphechinini, Atelerix, Erinaceini, Erinaceus (syn. Aethechinus, Herinaceus, Setiger, Peroeclinus), Hemiechinus (syn. Paraechinus, Macroechinus, Ericius, Erinaceolus), Hibbarderix, Mesechinus, Mioechinus, Oligoechinus, Scymnericini, Sonidolestes

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1817	Erinaceinae Fischer de Waldheim p. 372
1877	Erinaceinae Schlosser p. 89
1930	Erinaceinae Hay p. 434
1967	Erinaceinae Van Valen
1995	Erinaceinae Gould p. 7
1997	Erinaceinae McKenna and Bell p. 278
2006	Erinaceinae Lopatin
2008	Erinaceinae Gunnell et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida

Rank	Name	Author
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Eulipotyphla
family	Erinaceidae	Fischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamily	Erinaceinae	Fischer de Waldheim 1817
subfamily	Erinaceinae	Fischer de Waldheim 1817

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.

Subfm. Erinaceinae Fischer de Waldheim 1817

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Tr. †Amphechinini Gureev 1979

G. †Amphechinus Aymard 1850

†Amphechinus akespensis Lopatin 1999

†Amphechinus arvernensis Blainville 1839

†Amphechinus baudelotae Gibert 1974

†Amphechinus edwardsi Filhol 1879

†Amphechinus ellicottae Martin and Lim 2004

†Amphechinus ginsburgi Baudelot 1972

†Amphechinus golpeae Gibert 1974

†Amphechinus horncloudi Macdonald 1970

†Amphechinus intermedius Gaillard 1899

†Amphechinus kansuensis Bohlin 1942

†Amphechinus kreuzae Munthe and West 1980

†Amphechinus major Ziegler et al. 2007

†Amphechinus minimus Bohlin 1942

Invalid names: Amphechinus microdus Lopatin 1999 [synonym]

†Amphechinus minutissimus Ziegler et al. 2007

†Amphechinus robinsoni Gilbert 1974

†Amphechinus rusingensis Butler 1956

†Amphechinus taatsiingolensis Ziegler et al. 2007

Invalid names: Palaeoerinaceus Filhol 1897 [synonym]

G. †Parvericius Koerner 1940

†Parvericius buk Ziegler et al. 2007

†Parvericius montanus Koerner 1940

†Parvericius voorhiesi Korth 1992

G. Atelerix Pomel 1848

Tr. Erinaceini Fischer de Waldheim 1817

G. †Postpalerinaceus Crusafont-Pairó and Villalta 1947

†Postpalerinaceus cingulatus Ziegler 2005

G. †Stenoechinus Rich and Rasmussen 1973

†Stenoechinus tantalus Rich and Rasmussen 1973

G. †Untermannerix Rich 1981

†Untermannerix copiosus Rich 1981

G. Erinaceus Linnaeus 1758

Erinaceus concolor Martin 1838 [Southern white-breasted hedgehog]

Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus 1758 [hedgehog]

†Erinaceus lechei Kormos 1934

†Erinaceus mongolicus Schlosser 1924

†Erinaceus praeglacialis Brunner 1933

†Erinaceus samsonowiczi Sulimski 1959

Invalid names: Aethechinus Thomas 1918 [synonym], Herinaceus Mina-Palumbo 1868 [synonym], Peroeclinus Fitzinger 1866 [synonym], Setiger Saint-Hilaire 1803 [synonym]

G. Hemiechinus Fitzinger 1866

Hemiechinus auritus Gmelin 1770

Invalid names: Ericius Sundevall 1842 [synonym], Erinaceolus Ognev 1928 [synonym], Paraechinus [synonym]

G. †Hibbarderix Martin and Green 1984

†Hibbarderix obfuscatus Martin and Green 1984

G. Mesechinus Ognev 1951 [steppe hedgehog]

G. †Mioechinus Butler 1948

†Mioechinus butleri Crusafont et al. 1955

†Mioechinus oeningensis Lydekker 1886

†Mioechinus sansaniensis Lartet 1851

†Mioechinus tobieni Engesser 1980

G. †Oligoechinus Li et al. 2019

†Oligoechinus lanzhouensis Li et al. 2019

Tr. †Scymnericini Lopatin 2003

G. †Scymnerix Lopatin 2003

†Scymnerix tartareus Lopatin 2003

G. †Sonidolestes Li et al. 2024

†Sonidolestes wendusui Li et al. 2024

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

semifossorialf

Diet:

insectivoref

Diet 2:

carnivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:09

Modified:

2012-05-14 22:01:37

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Chadronian to the top of the Holocene or 37.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (247 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Mongolia (Dornogov)	Amphechinus sp. (174647)
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan	37.0 - 31.8	USA (Nebraska)	Amphechinus sp. (230806)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	China (Nei Mongol)	Amphechinus rectus (174759) Amphechinus sp. (175386 175387)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Mongolia	Scymnerix tartareus (174649)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Kazakhstan	Amphechinus kansuensis (71672)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	China	Oligoechinus lanzhouensis (203873)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Montana)	Amphechinus horncloudi, Stenoechinus tantalus (17700) Stenoechinus tantalus, Amphechinus sp., Parvericius sp. (17543)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Florida)	Parvericius montanus (17476)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Oregon)	Amphechinus sp. (212628)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Switzerland (Canton Solothurn)	Amphechinus sp. (182805)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (Florida)	Amphechinus sp. (17764)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Mongolia (Bayankhongor)	Amphechinus taatsiingolensis (75598)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Mongolia	Amphechinus major (183913) Amphechinus minutissimus (182083) Amphechinus minutissimus, Amphechinus major (75599 75602 176447 182080) Amphechinus taatsiingolensis (75588 180971 201162) Amphechinus taatsiingolensis, Amphechinus minutissimus, Amphechinus major (182143)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Kazakhstan	Amphechinus rectus (175959) Amphechinus sp., Amphechinus akespensis, Amphechinus minimus (64413)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk)	Amphechinus minimus (175920) Amphechinus sp., Amphechinus microdus (37205) Amphechinus sp., Amphechinus minimus (175921)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	China (Xinjiang)	Erinaceidae indet. (175150)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Mongolia (Övörkhangai)	Amphechinus major (182076 183914) Amphechinus minutissimus, Amphechinus major (182082 182085) Amphechinus taatsiingolensis (182081 187257) Amphechinus taatsiingolensis, Amphechinus minutissimus, Amphechinus major (182078)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	China (Gansu)	Amphechinus minimus (176452) Amphechinus rectus, Amphechinus sp., Amphechinus minimus (175379) Amphechinus sp. (175388) Amphechinus sp., Amphechinus minimus (175382 175383)
MP 29	27.3 - 23.04	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Amphechinus robustus, Amphechinus arvernensis (74679)
MP 30	27.3 - 23.04	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Amphechinus arvernensis (66109)