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Hemiechinus

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Hemiechinus was named by Fitzinger (1866). It is extant. It was considered paraphyletic by Gould (1995).

It was assigned to Erinaceinae by Gould (1995); to Erinaceini by Van Valen (1967) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Erinaceomorpha by Silcox et al. (2010).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Ericius Sundevall
1866Hemiechinus Fitzinger p. 565
1907Macroechinus Satunin
1928Erinaceolus Ognev
1967Hemiechinus Van Valen
1967Paraechinus Van Valen
1995Hemiechinus Gould p. 7
1997Hemiechinus McKenna and Bell p. 279
2010Hemiechinus Silcox et al.

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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
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyErinaceinaeFischer de Waldheim 1817
genusHemiechinusFitzinger 1866

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. Hemiechinus Fitzinger 1866
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Hemiechinus auritus Gmelin 1770
Invalid names: Ericius Sundevall 1842 [synonym], Erinaceolus Ognev 1928 [synonym], Paraechinus [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available