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Erinaceus

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Description

Erinaceus is a genus of hedgehog from the family of Erinaceidae. There are four main species of Erinaceus. The range is all across Europe, throughout the Middle East, parts of Russia, and extending to northern China. Some of the European hedgehogs have been introduced to New Zealand.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erinaceus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8216553	https://www.gbif.org/species/8216553
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	40375	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40375

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Erinaceomorpha : Erinaceidae : Erinaceus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Erinaceus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Theriamorpha
-	Theriiformes
-	Trechnotheria	McKenna 1975
-	Cladotheria	McKenna 1975
-	Boreosphenida
genus	Erinaceus	Linnæus 1758

Scientific Name

Erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758

Name Published In

Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Erinaceus	genus	belongs to Bestiae	stated without evidence	Linnaeus, 1758
Erinaceus	genus	belongs to Erinacina	stated without evidence	Gray, 1825
Erinaceus	genus	belongs to Erinaceini	stated without evidence	Van Valen, 1967
Erinaceus	genus	belongs to Erinaceidae	stated without evidence	Kurten, 1968
Erinaceus	genus	belongs to Erinaceidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Erinaceus	genus	belongs to Erinaceinae	stated with evidence	Gould, 1995
Erinaceus	genus	belongs to Boreosphenida	stated with evidence	Martin and Rauhut, 2005
Erinaceus	genus	belongs to Erinaceomorpha	stated without evidence	Silcox et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (33%)

First Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 8.7 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Mammalia)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore (based on Mammaliaformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erinaceus

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Erinaceus amurensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus calligoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus concolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus danubicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus davidi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus dealbatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus europaeus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Hedgehog	14	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Erinaceus fallax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus grayii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus hanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus hindei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus jerdoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus kreyenbergi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus krugi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus lechei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Erinaceus macracanthus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus mentalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus miodon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus mongolicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Erinaceus nesiotes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus niger species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus praeglacialis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	3.20 Ma Pliocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Erinaceus roumanicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus samsonowiczi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	8.70 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Erinaceus sclateri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus sharonis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus sibiricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus spatangus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus spiculus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Erinaceus tschifuensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Peroeclinus Fitzinger, 1866	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Erinaceomorpha : Erinaceidae : *Peroeclinus*
Herinaceus Mina-Palumbo, 1868	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Erinaceomorpha : Erinaceidae : *Herinaceus*
Herinaceus Blumenbach, 1803	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Erinaceomorpha : Erinaceidae : *Herinaceus*
Setiger Saint-Hilaire, 1803	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Erinaceomorpha : Erinaceidae : *Setiger*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1758	Erinaceus Linnaeus p. 52
1803	Setiger Saint-Hilaire
1825	Erinaceus Gray p. 339
1866	Peroeclinus Fitzinger
1868	Herinaceus Mina-Palumbo
1918	Aethechinus Thomas

Year	Name and Author
1967	Erinaceus Van Valen
1968	Erinaceus Kurten p. 42
1988	Erinaceus Carroll
1995	Erinaceus Gould p. 7
2005	Erinaceus Martin and Rauhut
2010	Erinaceus Silcox et al.

References

Linnaeus C. , Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1, 1-824 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542

Gray J. E. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe, Annals of Philosophy, new series 10, 337-344

Van Valen L. (1967) New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 5, 217-284

Kurten B. (1968) Pleistocene Mammals of Europe, 1-317

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Gould G. C. (1995) Hedgehog phylogeny (Mammalia, Erinaceidae); the reciprocal illumination of the quick and the dead, American Museum Novitates 3131, 1-65

Martin T., Rauhut O. W. M. (2005) Mandible and dentition of Asfaltomylos patagonicus (Australosphenida, Mammalia) and the evolution of tribosphenic teeth, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 2, 414-425

Silcox M. T., Bloch J. I., et al (2010) Cranial anatomy of Paleocene and Eocene Labidolemur kayi (Mammalia: Apatotheria), and the relationships of the Apatemyidae to other mammals, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160, 773-825

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