Family Erinaceidae Fischer von Waldheim 1817 (hedgehog)
PaleoDB taxon number: 40367
Alternative spelling: Erinacidae
Synonym: Acanthionidae Schulze 1900 (taxon 253494)
Parent taxon: Lipotyphla according to W. W. Korth and R. L. Evander 2016
Sister taxa: Centetidae, Geolabididae, Solenodontidae, Talpidae
Subtaxa: Adapisoricinae, Auroralestes, Brachyericinae, Cedrocherus, Changlelestinae, Dartonius, Dimylechinus, Entomolestes, Erinaceinae, Galericinae, Galerix, Hylomyinae, Lantanotherium, Lanthanotherium, Leipsanolestes, Litocherinae, Litolestes, Luchenus, Mellalechinus, Ocajila, Oncocherus, Palaeoscaptor, Parvericius, Proterix, Silvacola, Stenoechinus, Untermannerix
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore