Stenoechinus Rich and Rasmussen 1973 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Full reference: T. H. V. Rich and D. L. Rasmussen. 1973. New North American erinaceine hedgehogs (Mammalia; Insectivora). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 21:1-54

Parent taxon: Erinaceini according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008

See also Rich 1981 and Rich and Rasmussen 1973

Sister taxa: Postpalerinaceus, Untermannerix

Subtaxa: Stenoechinus tantalus

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Type: Stenoechinus tantalus

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: Colorado collection)

• Arikareean of United States (2: Montana)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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