Galerix kostakii Doukas and van den Hoek Ostende 2006 (hedgehog)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae

Full reference: C. Doukas and L.W. van den Hoek Ostende. 2006. Insectivores (Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha; Mammalia)from Karydia and Komotini (Thrace, Greece; MN 4/5). Beiträge zur Paläontologie 30:109-131

Belongs to Galerix according to C. Doukas and L.W. van den Hoek Ostende 2006

Sister taxa: Galerix africanus, Galerix aurelianensis, Galerix exilis, Galerix remmerti, Galerix rutlandae, Galerix saratji, Galerix stehlini, Galerix symeonidisi, Galerix uenayae, Galerix wesselsae

Type specimen: AMPG KRD3/04, a tooth (M1 sup. sin). Its type locality is Karyidia, which is in a MN 4 terrestrial horizon in Greece.

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Karyidia

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