Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Eulipotyphla

Subsequent positions

Erinaceoidea (Superfamily) Fischer, 1814

Original entries

Questionably †Brachyericinae (Subfamily) Butler, 1948
Questionably †Cedrocherus (Genus) Gingerich, 1983
Questionably Erinaceinae (Subfamily) Fischer, 1814
Questionably Galericinae (Subfamily) Pomel, 1848
Questionably Hylomyinae (Subfamily) (J. Anderson, 1879) Frost et al., 1991
Questionably †Litolestes (Genus) Jepsen, 1930
Questionably †Scaptogale (Genus) Trouessart, 1897
Questionably †Tupaiodontinae (Subfamily) Butler, 1988

Current position

Erinaceoidea (Superfamily) Fischer, 1814

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 276.

Alternative positions

Erinaceomorpha (Order) Gregory, 1910	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.
Erinaceomorpha (Suborder) Gregory, 1910	Ref: A.V. Lopatin, 2006: S384.
Eulipotyphla (Order) Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa, 1999	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Insectivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: R. Hutterer, 1993: 76.
Lipotyphla (Suborder) Haeckel, 1866	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1022.

Historical positions

Eulipotyphla (Order) Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa, 1999	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Erinaceomorpha (Order) Gregory, 1910	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 58.
Erinaceomorpha (Suborder) Gregory, 1910	Ref: A.V. Lopatin, 2006: S384.
Erinaceomorpha (Order) Gregory, 1910	Ref: R. Hutterer, 2005: 212.
Erinaceoidea (Superfamily) Fischer, 1814	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 276.
Insectivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: 1995
Insectivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: R. Hutterer, 1993: 76; 4.
Insectivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 27.
Erinaceoidea (Superfamily) Fischer, 1814	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 630.
Lipotyphla (Suborder) Haeckel, 1866	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1022.
Erinaceoidea (Superfamily) Fischer, 1814	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 615.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	10g;24s;37ss; †28g;3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[10g;24s;37ss; †28g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 58	10g;24s
2005	R. Hutterer: 219	[10g;24s;37ss]
2005	R. Hutterer: 219	[10g;24s;37ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[5g; †28g]
1993	R. Hutterer	7g;21s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[9g];~19s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2sf;[10g]