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Family
Erinaceidae
Fischer, 1814
- gymnures and hedgehogs
(mammal)
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Entity:
Erinaceoidea (Superfamily)
..†Dartonius (Genus)
..†Eolestes (Genus)
..†Leipsanolestes (Genus)
..Erinaceidae (Family) - gymnures and hedgehogs
....†Brachyericinae (Subfamily)
....†Cedrocherus (Genus)
....Erinaceinae (Subfamily) - spiny hedgehogs
....Galericinae (Subfamily) - moonrats
....†Litolestes (Genus)
....†Scaptogale (Genus)
....†Tupaiodontinae (Subfamily)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
G. Fischer [von Waldheim], 1814
Original name
:
Fischer [von Waldheim], G. 1814.
Zoognosia tabulis synopticis illustrata
. Nicolai Sergeidis Vsevolozsky, Mosquae
: 143, 144; IX.
Original rank
:
op. cit.: IX, 143.
Subsequent spelling
:
Bonaparte, 1838: 111.
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Erinaceoidea
(Superfamily)
Fischer, 1814
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Erinaceinae
(Subfamily)
Fischer, 1814
Variants
Incorrect authorship
:
Erinaceidae
(Family)
G. Fischer, 1817, err. bibl.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Acanthionidae
(Family)
Schulze, 1900
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
†
Adapisoricinae
(Subfamily)
Schlosser, 1887
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
†
Litocherinae
(Subfamily)
Gingerich, 1983
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
egels
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
gymnures and hedgehogs
:
moonrats
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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28 Aug 2026