Untermannerix Rich 1981 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Full reference: T. H. V. Rich. 1981. Origin and History of the Erinaceinae and Brachyericinae (Mammalia, Insectivora) in North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 171(1):1-116

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

See also Rich 1981

Sister taxa: Postpalerinaceus, Stenoechinus

Subtaxa: Untermannerix copiosus

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Type: Untermannerix copiosus

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (20: Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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