Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Parent taxon: Erinaceidae according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Gould 1995, Korth and Evander 2016 and Lopatin 2006
Sister taxa: Adapisoricinae, Cedrocherus, Changlelestinae, Dimylechinus, Entomolestes, Erinaceinae, Galericinae, Galerix, Hylomyinae, Lantanotherium, Lanthanotherium, Litocherinae, Litolestes, Luchenus, Mellalechinus, Oncocherus, Palaeoscaptor, Silvacola
Subtaxa: Brachyerix Exallerix Metechinus Postexallerix Synexallerix
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (6), United States (50: California, Colorado, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska, Texas)
• Oligocene of China (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (4)
Total: 67 collections including 69 occurrences