Subfamily Erinaceinae Fischer de Waldheim 1817 (hedgehog)
Mammalia - Lipotyphla - Erinaceidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 67971
Parent taxon: Erinaceidae according to G. C. Gould 1995
Sister taxa: Adapisoricinae, Auroralestes, Brachyericinae, Cedrocherus, Changlelestinae, Dartonius, Dimylechinus, Entomolestes, Galericinae, Galerix, Hylomyinae, Lantanotherium, Lanthanotherium, Leipsanolestes, Litocherinae, Litolestes, Luchenus, Mellalechinus, Ocajila, Oncocherus, Palaeoscaptor, Parvericius, Proterix, Silvacola, Stenoechinus, Untermannerix
Subtaxa: Amphechinini, Atelerix, Erinaceini, Hemiechinus, Hibbarderix, Mesechinus, Mioechinus, Oligoechinus, Scymnericini
Ecology: scansorial insectivore