Subfamily Galericinae Pomel 1848 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Synonyms: Anachantes Murray 1866, Echinosoricinae Cabrera 1925

Parent taxon: Erinaceidae according to W. W. Korth and R. L. Evander 2016

See also Bendukidze et al. 2009, Butler 1984, Crespo et al. 2020, Freudenthal 1972, Gould 1995, Gunnell et al. 2008, Lopatin 2006, Mein and Ginsburg 1997, Novacek et al. 1985, Savorelli et al. 2017, Van Valen 1967, Vasileiadou and Koufos 2005, Wilson and Reeder 2005 and Ziegler 2003

Sister taxa: Adapisoricinae, Brachyericinae, Cedrocherus, Changlelestinae, Dimylechinus, Entomolestes, Erinaceinae, Galerix, Hylomyinae, Lantanotherium, Lanthanotherium, Litocherinae, Litolestes, Luchenus, Mellalechinus, Oncocherus, Palaeoscaptor, Silvacola

Subtaxa: Deinogalerix Dzavui Echinosoricini Eochenus Eogalericius Galericini Gymnurechinus Neurogymnurini Neurogymnurus Oligochenus Parasorex Protericini Riddleria Tetracus

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Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Austria (1), France (6), Greece (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1)

• MN 13 of Spain (1), Turkey (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Italy (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Austria (5), China (2), France (1), Germany (6), Greece (12), Hungary (4), Italy (52), Kenya (2), Morocco (1), Portugal (2), Romania (1), Spain (5), Switzerland (3), Thailand (1), Turkey (10)

• Harrisonian of United States (2: Montana, Nebraska)

• Arikareean of United States (6: California, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota)

• Oligocene of Belgium (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (11), Germany (3), Kazakhstan (1), Turkey (1), United States (15: Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)

• Eocene to Oligocene of France (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: Nebraska)

• Eocene of China (3), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (3), United States (6: Wyoming)

Total: 179 collections including 199 occurrences

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