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Erinaceidae

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Erinaceidae

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Also known as hedgehogs, erinaceids, erinaceid

Erinaceidae (from Latin erinaceus, "hedgehog") is a family in the order Eulipotyphla, consisting of the hedgehogs and moonrats. Until recently, it was assigned to the order Erinaceomorpha, which has been subsumed with the paraphyletic Soricomorpha into Eulipotyphla. Eulipotyphla has been shown to be monophyletic; Soricomorpha is paraphyletic because both Soricidae and Talpidae share a more recent common ancestor with Erinaceidae than with solenodons.

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Erinaceidae is a family of mammals within the order Erinaceomorpha, class Mammalia, and phylum Chordata. The taxon was established by Fischer von Waldheim in 1817 and holds an accepted status in biological classification. It belongs to the kingdom Animalia.

Records of this family are held by institutions including CM and UCMP, with data primarily from the United States. The taxon has been the subject of 1,905 publications in PubMed and is referenced by 739 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Erinaceidae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderErinaceomorpha
  5. FamilyErinaceidae
Observations recorded946,137

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
294
With media
1
Family
Erinaceidae
Collections
CM, UCMP
Recorded in
United States
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Research

1,905 papers

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Evolution
  • Classification
  • References

Erinaceidae (from Latin erinaceus, "hedgehog") is a family in the order Eulipotyphla, consisting of the hedgehogs and moonrats. Until recently, it was assigned to the order Erinaceomorpha, which has been subsumed with the paraphyletic Soricomorpha into Eulipotyphla. Eulipotyphla has been shown to be monophyletic; Soricomorpha is paraphyletic because both Soricidae and Talpidae share a more recent common ancestor with Erinaceidae than with solenodons.

Erinaceidae contains the well-known hedgehogs (subfamily Erinaceinae) of Eurasia and Africa and the gymnures or moonrats (subfamily Galericinae) of Southeast Asia. This family was once considered part of the order Insectivora, but that polyphyletic order is now considered defunct.

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