# Erinaceidae

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Family of mammals

Erinaceidae[1] Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Erinaceus europaeus (European hedgehog) Neohylomys hainanensis (Hainan gymnure) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Placentalia Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Erinaceidae G. Fischer, 1814 Type genus Erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758 Subfamilies and genera †Silvacola †Oligoechinus †Proterix Erinaceinae †Amphechinus Atelerix Erinaceus Hemiechinus Mesechinus Paraechinus Galericinae †Deinogalerix Echinosorex †Galerix Hylomys Neohylomys Neotetracus Podogymnura Erinaceidae distribution

**Erinaceidae** [/ˌɛrɪnəˈsiːɪdiː/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English) (from [Latin](/source/Latin) *erinaceus*, "hedgehog") is a family in the order [Eulipotyphla](/source/Eulipotyphla), consisting of the [hedgehogs](/source/Hedgehog) and [moonrats](/source/Galericinae). Until recently, it was assigned to the order **Erinaceomorpha**, which has been subsumed with the [paraphyletic](/source/Paraphyletic) [Soricomorpha](/source/Soricomorpha) into Eulipotyphla. Eulipotyphla has been shown to be [monophyletic](/source/Monophyly);[2] Soricomorpha is paraphyletic because both [Soricidae](/source/Soricidae) and [Talpidae](/source/Talpidae) share a more recent common ancestor with Erinaceidae than with [solenodons](/source/Solenodon).[3]

Erinaceidae contains the well-known [hedgehogs](/source/Hedgehog) (subfamily [Erinaceinae](/source/Erinaceinae)) of Eurasia and Africa and the [gymnures](/source/Galericinae) or moonrats (subfamily [Galericinae](/source/Galericinae)) of Southeast Asia. This family was once considered part of the order [Insectivora](/source/Insectivora), but that [polyphyletic](/source/Polyphyly) order is now considered defunct.[1]

## Characteristics

Erinaceids are generally [shrew](/source/Shrew)-like in form, with long snouts and short tails. They are, however, much larger than shrews, ranging from 10–15 cm (4–6 in) in body length and 40–60 grams (1.4–2.1 oz) in weight, in the case of the [short-tailed gymnure](/source/Javan_short-tailed_gymnure), up to 26–45 cm (10–18 in) and 1.0–1.4 kg (2.2–3.1 lb) in the [moonrat](/source/Moonrat). All but one species have five toes in each foot, in some cases with strong claws for digging, and they have large eyes and ears. Hedgehogs possess hair modified into sharp [spines](/source/Spine_(zoology)) to form a protective covering over the upper body and flanks, while gymnures have only normal hair. Most species have anal [scent glands](/source/Scent_gland), but these are far better developed in gymnures, which can have a powerful odor.[4]

Erinaceids are [omnivorous](/source/Omnivore), with the major part of their diet consisting of insects, earthworms, and other small [invertebrates](/source/Invertebrates). They also eat seeds and fruit, and occasionally birds' eggs, along with any [carrion](/source/Carrion) they come across. Their teeth are sharp and suited for impaling invertebrate prey. The [dental formula](/source/Dentition) for erinaceids is: 2-3.1.4.33.1.2-4.3

Hedgehogs are [nocturnal](/source/Nocturnal), but gymnures are less so, and may be active during the day. Many species live in simple burrows, while others construct temporary nests on the surface from leaves and grass, or shelter in hollow logs or similar hiding places. Erinaceids are solitary animals outside the breeding season, and the father plays no role in raising the young.[4]

Female erinaceids give birth after a gestation period of around six to seven weeks. The young are born blind and hairless, although hedgehogs begin to sprout their spines within 36 hours of birth.

## Evolution

Erinaceids are a group of [placental mammals](/source/Placental_mammal) that have retained many of their ancestral traits, having changed little since their origin in the [Eocene](/source/Eocene). The so-called 'giant hedgehog' (actually a [gymnure](/source/Gymnure)) *[Deinogalerix](/source/Deinogalerix)*, from the [Miocene](/source/Miocene) of [Gargano Island](/source/Gargano_Island) (part of modern [Italy](/source/Italy)), was the size of a large rabbit, and may have eaten vertebrate prey or carrion, rather than insects.[5]

## Classification

See also: [List of erinaceids](/source/List_of_erinaceids)

- **Order Eulipotyphla** - †**Family [Amphilemuridae](/source/Amphilemuridae)** - †Genus *[Alsaticopithecus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alsaticopithecus&action=edit&redlink=1)*[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] - †Genus *[Amphilemur](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amphilemur&action=edit&redlink=1)*[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] - †Genus *[Gesneropithex](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gesneropithex&action=edit&redlink=1)*[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] - †Genus *[Macrocranion](/source/Macrocranion)* - †*Macrocranion germonpreae* - †*Macrocranion junnei* - †*Macrocranion nitens* - †*Macrocranion robinsoni* - †*Macrocranion tenerum* - †*Macrocranion vandebroeki* - †Genus *[Pholidocercus](/source/Pholidocercus)* - †*Pholidocercus hassiacus* - **Family Erinaceidae** - †Genus *[Silvacola](/source/Silvacola)* - †*Silvacola acares* - †Genus *[Oligoechinus](/source/Oligoechinus)*[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] - Subfamily [Erinaceinae](/source/Erinaceinae) - †Genus *[Amphechinus](/source/Amphechinus)* - †*Amphechinus akespensis* - †*Amphechinus arverniensis* - †*Amphechinus baudelotae* - †*Amphechinus edwardsi* - †*Amphechinus ginsburgi* - †*Amphechinus golpeae* - †*Amphechinus horncloudi* - †*Amphechinus intermedius* - †*Amphechinus kreuzae* - †*Amphechinus major* - †*Amphechinus microdus* - †*Amphechinus minutissimus* - †*Amphechinus robinsoni* - †*Amphechinus taatsiingolensis* - Genus †*[Ladakhechinus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ladakhechinus&action=edit&redlink=1)*[6] - †*Ladakhechinus iugummontis* - Genus *[Atelerix](/source/Atelerix)* - [Four-toed hedgehog](/source/Four-toed_hedgehog), *Atelerix albiventris* - [North African hedgehog](/source/North_African_hedgehog), *Atelerix algirus* - [Southern African hedgehog](/source/Southern_African_hedgehog), *Atelerix frontalis* - [Somali hedgehog](/source/Somali_hedgehog), *Atelerix sclateri* - Genus *[Erinaceus](/source/Erinaceus)* - [Amur hedgehog](/source/Amur_hedgehog), *Erinaceus amurensis* - [Southern white-breasted hedgehog](/source/Southern_white-breasted_hedgehog), *Erinaceus concolor* - [European hedgehog](/source/European_hedgehog), *Erinaceus europaeus* - [Northern white-breasted hedgehog](/source/Northern_white-breasted_hedgehog), *Erinaceus roumanicus* - Genus *[Hemiechinus](/source/Hemiechinus)* - [Long-eared hedgehog](/source/Long-eared_hedgehog), *Hemiechinus auritus* - [Indian long-eared hedgehog](/source/Indian_long-eared_hedgehog), *Hemiechinus collaris* - Genus *[Mesechinus](/source/Mesechinus)* - [Daurian hedgehog](/source/Daurian_hedgehog), *Mesechinus dauuricus* - [Hugh's hedgehog](/source/Hugh's_hedgehog), *Mesechinus hughi* - [Gaoligong forest hedgehog](/source/Gaoligong_forest_hedgehog), *Mesechinus wangi* - [Small-toothed forest hedgehog](/source/Small-toothed_forest_hedgehog), *Mesechinus miodon* - Genus *[Paraechinus](/source/Paraechinus)* - [Desert hedgehog](/source/Desert_hedgehog), *Paraechinus aethiopicus* - [Brandt's hedgehog](/source/Brandt's_hedgehog), *Paraechinus hypomelas* - [Indian hedgehog](/source/Indian_hedgehog), *Paraechinus micropus* - [Bare-bellied hedgehog](/source/Bare-bellied_hedgehog), *Paraechinus nudiventris* - Subfamily [Galericinae](/source/Galericinae) - †Genus *[Deinogalerix](/source/Deinogalerix)* - †*Deinogalerix brevirostris* - †*Deinogalerix freudenthali* - †*Deinogalerix intermedius* - †*Deinogalerix koenigswaldi* - †*Deinogalerix minor* - Genus *[Echinosorex](/source/Echinosorex)* - [Moonrat](/source/Moonrat), *Echinosorex gymnura* - †Genus *[Galerix](/source/Galerix)* - †*Galerix aurelianensis* - †*Galerix exilis* - †*Galerix kostakii* - †*Galerix remmerti* - †*Galerix rutlandae* - †*Galerix saratji* - †*Galerix stehlini* - †*Galerix symeonidisi* - †*Galerix uenayae* - Genus *[Hylomys](/source/Hylomys)* - [Long-eared gymnure](/source/Long-eared_gymnure), *Hylomys megalotis* - [Dwarf gymnure](/source/Dwarf_gymnure), *Hylomys parvus* - [Javan short-tailed gymnure](/source/Javan_short-tailed_gymnure) or Lesser Moonrat, *Hylomys suillus* - Genus *[Neohylomys](/source/Neohylomys)* - [Hainan gymnure](/source/Hainan_gymnure), *Neonylomys hainanensis* - Genus *[Neotetracus](/source/Neotetracus)* - [Shrew gymnure](/source/Shrew_gymnure), *Neotetracus sinensis* - Genus *[Podogymnura](/source/Podogymnura)* - [Dinagat gymnure](/source/Dinagat_gymnure), *Podogymnura aureospinula* - [Eastern Mindanao gymnure](/source/Eastern_Mindanao_gymnure), *Podogymnura intermedia* - [Mindanao gymnure](/source/Mindanao_gymnure), *Podogymnura truei*

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v t e Extant mammal orders Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata (unranked) Amniota Yinotheria Australosphenida Monotremata (platypuses and echidnas) Theria Metatheria (Marsupial inclusive) Ameridelphia Paucituberculata (shrew opossums) Didelphimorphia (opossums) Australidelphia Microbiotheria (monitos del monte) Notoryctemorphia (marsupial moles) Dasyuromorphia (quolls and dunnarts) Peramelemorphia (bilbies and bandicoots) Diprotodontia (kangaroos, koalas, and relatives) Eutheria (Placental inclusive) Atlantogenata Xenarthra Cingulata (armadillos) Pilosa (anteaters and sloths) Afrotheria Afrosoricida (tenrecs, golden moles, and otter shrews) Macroscelidea (elephant shrews) Tubulidentata (aardvarks) Hyracoidea (hyraxes) Proboscidea (elephants) Sirenia (dugongs and manatees) Boreoeutheria Laurasiatheria Eulipotyphla (hedgehogs, shrews, moles and relatives) Chiroptera (bats) Pholidota (pangolins) Carnivora (dogs, cats and relatives) Perissodactyla (horses, zebras, donkeys, rhinoceroses and tapirs) Artiodactyla (pigs, camels, hippos, deer, buffalo, gazelles, giraffes, whales, dolphins and relatives) Euarchontoglires Rodentia (rats, mice, guinea pigs, squirrels, beavers, chinchillas, porcupines, capybaras and relatives) Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares and pikas) Scandentia (treeshrews) Dermoptera (colugos) Primates (lorises, lemurs, tarsiers, monkeys, apes (including humans) and relatives)

v t e Extant species of Eulipotyphla Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Superorder: Laurasiatheria Family: Erinaceidae subfamily: Erinaceinae Atelerix Four-toed hedgehog (A. albiventris) North African hedgehog (A. algirus) Southern African hedgehog (A. frontalis) Somali hedgehog (A. sclateri) Erinaceus Amur hedgehog (E. amurensis) Southern white-breasted hedgehog (E. concolor) West European hedgehog (E. europaeus) Northern white-breasted hedgehog (E. roumanicus) Hemiechinus Long-eared hedgehog (H. auritus) Indian long-eared hedgehog (H. collaris) Mesechinus Daurian hedgehog (M. dauuricus) Hugh's hedgehog (M. hughi) Gaoligong forest hedgehog (M. wangi) Small-toothed forest hedgehog (M. miodon) Eastern forest hedgehog (M. orientalis) Paraechinus Desert hedgehog (P. aethiopicus) Brandt's hedgehog (P. hypomelas) Indian hedgehog (P. micropus) Bare-bellied hedgehog (P. nudiventris) Family: Erinaceidae subfamily: Galericinae Echinosorex Moonrat (E. gymnura) Hylomys Dwarf gymnure (H. parvus) Javan short-tailed gymnure (H. suillus) Bornean short-tailed gymnure (H. dorsalis) Max's short-tailed gymnure (H. maxi) Dalat gymnure (H. macarong) Northern short-tailed gymnure (H. peguensis) Leuser gymnure (H. vorax) Neohylomys Hainan gymnure (N. hainanensis) Neotetracus Shrew gymnure (N. sinensis) Otohylomys Long-eared gymnure (O. megalotis) Podogymnura Dinagat gymnure (P. aureospinula) Mindanao gymnure (P. truei) Family: Soricidae subfamily: Crocidurinae Crocidura (White-toothed shrews) Cyrenaica shrew (C. aleksandrisi) East African highland shrew (C. allex) Andaman shrew (C. andamanensis) C. annamitensis Ansell's shrew (C. ansellorum) Arabian shrew (C. arabica) Jackass shrew (C. arispa) Armenian shrew (C. armenica) Asian gray shrew (C. attenuata) Hun shrew (C. attila) Bailey's shrew (C. baileyi) Balingka white-toothed shrew (C. balingka) Kinabalu shrew (C. baluensis) Batak shrew (C. batakorum) Mindanao shrew (C. beatus) Beccari's shrew (C. beccarii) Bottego's shrew (C. bottegi) Bale shrew (C. bottegoides) Thick-tailed shrew (C. brunnea) Buettikofer's shrew (C. buettikoferi) African dusky shrew (C. caliginea) Canarian shrew (C. canariensis) Caspian shrew (C. caspica) Cinderella shrew (C. cinderella) Congo white-toothed shrew (C. congobelgica) C. cranbrooki Long-footed shrew (C. crenata) Crosse's shrew (C. crossei) Reddish-gray musk shrew (C. cyanea) Dent's shrew (C. denti) Desperate shrew (C. desperata) Dhofar shrew (C. dhofarensis) Long-tailed musk shrew (C. dolichura) Doucet's musk shrew (C. douceti) Dsinezumi shrew (C. dsinezumi) Eisentraut's shrew (C. eisentrauti) Elgon shrew (C. elgonius) Elongated shrew (C. elongata) Heather shrew (C. erica) Fischer's shrew (C. fischeri) Greater red musk shrew (C. flavescens) Flower's shrew (C. floweri) Bornean shrew (C. foetida) Fox's shrew (C. foxi) Southeast Asian shrew (C. fuliginosa) Savanna shrew (C. fulvastra) Smoky white-toothed shrew (C. fumosa) Bicolored musk shrew (C. fuscomurina) Glass's shrew (C. glassi) Gmelin's white-toothed shrew (C. gmelini) Goliath shrew (C. goliath) Peters's musk shrew (C. gracilipes) Large-headed shrew (C. grandiceps) Greater Mindanao shrew (C. grandis) Grasse's shrew (C. grassei) Luzon shrew (C. grayi) Greenwood's shrew (C. greenwoodi) C. guy Harenna shrew (C. harenna) C. hikmiya Hildegarde's shrew (C. hildegardeae) Hill's shrew (C. hilliana) Lesser red musk shrew (C. hirta) Andaman spiny shrew (C. hispida) Horsfield's shrew (C. horsfieldii) Hutan shrew (C. hutanis) North African white-toothed shrew (C. ichnusae) Indochinese shrew (C. indochinensis) Jackson's shrew (C. jacksoni) Jenkins's shrew (C. jenkinsi) Jouvenet's shrew (C. jouvenetae) Katinka's shrew (C. katinka) Ke Go shrew (C. kegoensis) Kivu shrew (C. kivuana) Lamotte's shrew (C. lamottei) Kivu long-haired shrew (C. lanosa) Ussuri white-toothed shrew (C. lasiura) Latona's shrew (C. latona) Sulawesi shrew (C. lea) Sumatran giant shrew (C. lepidura) Bicolored shrew (C. leucodon) Sulawesi tiny shrew (C. levicula) Butiaba naked-tailed shrew (C. littoralis) Savanna swamp shrew (C. longipes) Lucina's shrew (C. lucina) Ludia's shrew (C. ludia) Moonshine shrew (C. luna) Mauritanian shrew (C. lusitania) MacArthur's shrew (C. macarthuri) MacMillan's shrew (C. macmillani) Nyiro shrew (C. macowi) Malayan shrew (C. malayana) Manenguba shrew (C. manengubae) Makwassie musk shrew (C. maquassiensis) Swamp musk shrew (C. mariquensis) Gracile naked-tailed shrew (C. maurisca) Javanese shrew (C. maxi) Mindoro shrew (C. mindorus) Sri Lankan long-tailed shrew (C. miya) Kilimanjaro shrew (C. monax) Sunda shrew (C. monticola) Montane white-toothed shrew (C. montis) West African long-tailed shrew (C. muricauda) Mossy forest shrew (C. musseri) Ugandan musk shrew (C. mutesae) Somali dwarf shrew (C. nana) Savanna dwarf shrew (C. nanilla) Peninsular shrew (C. negligens) Negros shrew (C. negrina) Nicobar shrew (C. nicobarica) Nigerian shrew (C. nigeriae) Blackish white-toothed shrew (C. nigricans) Black-footed shrew (C. nigripes) African black shrew (C. nigrofusca) Nimba shrew (C. nimbae) Niobe's shrew (C. niobe) West African pygmy shrew (C. obscurior) African giant shrew (C. olivieri) Oriental shrew (C. orientalis) Ryukyu shrew (C. orii) Palawan shrew (C. palawanensis) Panay shrew (C. panayensis) Sumatran long-tailed shrew (C. paradoxura) Small-footed shrew (C. parvipes) Sahelian tiny shrew (C. pasha) Pale gray shrew (C. pergrisea) Guramba shrew (C. phaeura) C. phanluongi Phu Hoc shrew (C. phuquocensis) Cameroonian shrew (C. picea) Pitman's shrew (C. pitmani) Flat-headed shrew (C. planiceps) Fraser's musk shrew (C. poensis) Polia's shrew (C. polia) Kashmir white-toothed shrew (C. pullata) Rainey's shrew (C. raineyi) Negev shrew (C. ramona) Chinese white-toothed shrew (C. rapax) Egyptian pygmy shrew (C. religiosa) Sulawesi white-handed shrew (C. rhoditis) Roosevelt's shrew (C. roosevelti) Greater white-toothed shrew (C. russula) Ugandan lowland shrew (C. selina) Lesser rock shrew (C. serezkyensis) Asian lesser white-toothed shrew (C. shantungensis) Siberian shrew (C. sibirica) Sicilian shrew (C. sicula) Lesser gray-brown musk shrew (C. silacea) Desert musk shrew (C. smithii) Sokolov's shrew (C. sokolovi) Somali shrew (C. somalica) Kahuzi swamp shrew (C. stenocephala) Lesser white-toothed shrew (C. suaveolens) Iranian shrew (C. susiana) Tanzanian shrew (C. tansaniana) Tarella shrew (C. tarella) Saharan shrew (C. tarfayensis) Telford's shrew (C. telfordi) Timor shrew (C. tenuis) Thalia's shrew (C. thalia) Therese's shrew (C. theresae) São Tomé shrew (C. thomensis) Christmas Island shrew (C. trichura) Turbo shrew (C. turba) Ultimate shrew (C. ultima) Usambara shrew (C. usambarae) Savanna path shrew (C. viaria) Mamfe shrew (C. virgata) Voi shrew (C. voi) Voracious shrew (C. vorax) Banka shrew (C. vosmaeri) Lesser Ryukyu shrew (C. watasei) Whitaker's shrew (C. whitakeri) Wimmer's shrew (C. wimmeri) Hainan Island shrew (C. wuchihensis) Xanthippe's shrew (C. xantippe) Yankari shrew (C. yankariensis) Mikhail Zaitsev's shrew (C. zaitsevi ) Zaphir's shrew (C. zaphiri) Zarudny's rock shrew (C. zarudnyi) Upemba shrew (C. zimmeri) Cretan shrew (C. zimmermanni) Family: Soricidae subfamily: Crocidurinae (continued) Diplomesodon Piebald shrew (D. pulchellus) Feroculus Kelaart's long-clawed shrew (F. feroculus) Palawanosorex Palawan moss shrew (P. muscorum) Paracrocidura (Large-headed shrews) Grauer's large-headed shrew (P. graueri) Greater large-headed shrew (P. maxima) Lesser large-headed shrew (P. schoutedeni) Ruwenzorisorex Ruwenzori shrew (R. suncoides) Scutisorex Hero shrew (S. somereni) Thor's hero shrew (S. thori) Solisorex Pearson's long-clawed shrew (S. pearsoni) Suncus Taita shrew (S. aequatorius) Black shrew (S. ater) Day's shrew (S. dayi) Etruscan shrew (S. etruscus) Sri Lankan shrew (S. fellowesgordoni) Bornean pygmy shrew (S. hosei) Least dwarf shrew (S. infinitesimus) Greater dwarf shrew (S. lixus) Madagascan pygmy shrew (S. madagascariensis) Malayan pygmy shrew (S. malayanus) Climbing shrew (S. megalura) Flores shrew (S. mertensi) Asian highland shrew (S. montanus) Asian house shrew (S. murinus) Remy's pygmy shrew (S. remyi) Anderson's shrew (S. stoliczkanus) Lesser dwarf shrew (S. varilla) Jungle shrew (S. zeylanicus) Sylvisorex (Forest shrews) Dudu Akaibe's pygmy shrew (S. akaibei) Cameroonian forest shrew (S. cameruniensis) Corbet's forest shrew (S. corbeti) Grant's forest shrew (S. granti) Howell's forest shrew (S. howelli) Bioko forest shrew (S. isabellae) Johnston's forest shrew (S. johnstoni) Kongana shrew (S. konganensis) Moon forest shrew (S. lunaris) Mount Cameroon forest shrew (S. morio) Greater forest shrew (S. ollula) Lesser forest shrew (S. oriundus) Rain forest shrew (S. pluvialis) Volcano shrew (S. vulcanorum) Family: Soricidae subfamily: Soricinae Anourosoricini Anourosorex (Asian mole shrews) Assam mole shrew (A. assamensis) Giant mole shrew (A. schmidi) Chinese mole shrew (A. squamipes) Taiwanese mole shrew (A. yamashinai) Blarinellini Blarinella (some Asiatic short-tailed shrews) Asiatic short-tailed shrew (B. quadraticauda) Burmese short-tailed shrew (B. wardi) Parablarinella (some Asiatic short-tailed shrews) Indochinese short-tailed shrew (P. griselda) Anhui short-tailed shrew (P. latimaxillata) Blarinini Blarina (American short-tailed shrews) Northern short-tailed shrew (B. brevicauda) Southern short-tailed shrew (B. carolinensis) Elliot's short-tailed shrew (B. hylophaga) Everglades short-tailed shrew (B. peninsulae) Sherman's short-tailed shrew (B. shermani) Cryptotis (Small-eared shrews) C. mexicana group Mexican small-eared shrew (C. mexicana) Nelson's small-eared shrew (C. nelsoni) Grizzled Mexican small-eared shrew (C. obscura) Phillips' small-eared shrew (C. phillipsii) C. goldmani set Central Mexican broad-clawed shrew (C. alticola) Goldman's broad-clawed shrew (C. goldmani) Goodwin's broad-clawed shrew (C. goodwini) Guatemalan broad-clawed shrew (C. griseoventris) C. lacertosus C. mam Oaxacan broad-clawed shrew (C. peregrina) C. nigrescens group Eastern Cordillera small-footed shrew (C. brachyonyx) Colombian small-eared shrew (C. colombiana) Honduran small-eared shrew (C. hondurensis) Yucatan small-eared shrew (C. mayensis) Darién small-eared shrew (C. mera) Merriam's small-eared shrew (C. merriami) Blackish small-eared shrew (C. nigrescens) C. thomasi group Southern Colombian small-eared shrew (C. andinus) Ecuadorian small-eared shrew (C. equatoris) Rainer's small-eared shrew (C. huttereri) Medellín small-eared shrew (C. medellinia) Merida small-eared shrew (C. meridensis) Wandering small-eared shrew (C. montivaga) Peruvian small-eared shrew (C. peruviensis) Scaly-footed small-eared shrew (C. squaipes) Tamá small-eared shrew (C. tamensis) Thomas's small-eared shrew (C. thomasi) C. parva group Central American least shrew (C. orophila) North American least shrew (C. parva) Tropical small-eared shrew (C. tropicalis) Ungrouped / relict Enders's small-eared shrew (C. endersi) Talamancan small-eared shrew (C. gracilis) Big Mexican small-eared shrew (C. magna) Nectogalini Chimarrogale (Asiatic water shrews) Malayan water shrew (C. hantu) Himalayan water shrew (C. himalayica) Bornean water shrew (C. phaeura) Japanese water shrew (C. platycephalus) Chinese water shrew (C. styani) Sumatran water shrew (C. sumatrana) Chodsigoa Van Sung's shrew (C. caovansunga) De Winton's shrew (C. hypsibia) Lamulate shrew (C. lamula) Lowe's shrew (C. parca) Pygmy brown-toothed shrew (C. parva) Salenski's shrew (C. salenskii) Smith's shrew (C. smithii) Lesser Taiwanese shrew (C. sodalis) Episoriculus Hodgsons's brown-toothed shrew (E. caudatus) Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew (E. fumidus) Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew (E. leucops) Long-tailed mountain shrew (E. macrurus) Nectogale Elegant water shrew (N. elegans) Neomys Mediterranean water shrew (N. anomalus) Eurasian water shrew (N. fodiens) Transcaucasian water shrew (N. teres) Soriculus Himalayan shrew (S. nigrescens) Notiosoricini Megasorex Mexican shrew (M. gigas) Notiosorex Cockrum's gray shrew (N. cockrumi) Crawford's gray shrew (N. crawfordi) Large-eared gray shrew (N. evotis) Villa's gray shrew (N. villai) Family: Soricidae subfamily: Soricinae (tribe: Soricini) Sorex (Long-tailed shrews) Subgenus Otisorex Long-tailed shrew (S. dispar) Smoky shrew (S. fumeus) American pygmy shrew (S. hoyi) Large-toothed shrew (S. macrodon) Carmen mountain shrew (S. milleri) Dwarf shrew (S. nanus) Mexican long-tailed shrew (S. oreopolus) Orizaba long-tailed shrew (S. orizabae) Ornate shrew (S. ornatus) Inyo shrew (S. tenellus) Verapaz shrew (S. veraepacis) S. vagrans complex Glacier Bay water shrew (S. alaskanus) Baird's shrew (S. bairdii) Marsh shrew (S. bendirii) Montane shrew (S. monticolus) New Mexico shrew (S. neomexicanus) Pacific shrew (S. pacificus) American water shrew (S. palustris) Fog shrew (S. sonomae) Vagrant shrew (S. vagrans) S. cinereus group Kamchatka shrew (S. camtschatica) Cinereus shrew (S. cinereus) Prairie shrew (S. haydeni) Saint Lawrence Island shrew (S. jacksoni) Paramushir shrew (S. leucogaster) Southeastern shrew (S. longirostris) Mount Lyell shrew (S. lyelli) Portenko's shrew (S. portenkoi) Preble's shrew (S. preblei) Pribilof Island shrew (S. pribilofensis) Olympic shrew (S. rohweri) Barren ground shrew (S. ugyunak) Subgenus Sorex Dneper common shrew (S. averini) Lesser striped shrew (S. bedfordiae) Greater stripe-backed shrew (S. cylindricauda) Chinese highland shrew (S. excelsus) Azumi shrew (S. hosonoi) Chinese shrew (S. sinalis) Alaska tiny shrew (S. yukonicus) S. alpinus group Alpine shrew (S. alpinus) Ussuri shrew (S. mirabilis) S. araneus group Valais shrew (S. antinorii) Common shrew (S. araneus) Udine shrew (S. arunchi) Crowned shrew (S. coronatus) Siberian large-toothed shrew (S. daphaenodon) Iberian shrew (S. granarius) Caucasian shrew (S. satunini) S. arcticus group Arctic shrew (S. arcticus) Maritime shrew (S. maritimensis) S. tundrensis group Tien Shan shrew (S. asper) Gansu shrew (S. cansulus) Tundra shrew (S. tundrensis) S. minutus group Buchara shrew (S. buchariensis) Kozlov's shrew (S. kozlovi) Caucasian pygmy shrew (S. volnuchini) S. caecutiens group Laxmann's shrew (S. caecutiens) Taiga shrew (S. isodon) Eurasian least shrew (S. minutissimus) Eurasian pygmy shrew (S. minutus) Flat-skulled shrew (S. roboratus) Shinto shrew (S. shinto) Long-clawed shrew (S. unguiculatus) S. gracillimus group Slender shrew (S. gracillimus) S. raddei group Radde's shrew (S. raddei) S. samniticus group Apennine shrew (S. samniticus) incertae sedis Arizona shrew (S. arizonae) Zacatecas shrew (S. emarginatus) Merriam's shrew (S. merriami) Kashmir pygmy shrew (S. planiceps) Saussure's shrew (S. saussurei) Sclater's shrew (S. sclateri) San Cristobal shrew (S. stizodon) Tibetan shrew (S. thibetanus) Trowbridge's shrew (S. trowbridgii) Chestnut-bellied shrew (S. ventralis) Veracruz shrew (S. veraecrucis) Family: Soricidae subfamily: Myosoricinae Congosorex (Congo shrews) Phillips's shrew (C. phillipsorum) Greater Congo shrew (C. polli) Lesser Congo shrew (C. verheyeni) Myosorex (Mouse shrews) Babault's mouse shrew (M. babaulti) Montane mouse shrew (M. blarina) Bururi forest shrew (M. bururiensis) Dark-footed mouse shrew (M. cafer) Eisentraut's mouse shrew (M. eisentrauti) Geata mouse shrew (M. geata) Nyika mouse shrew (M. gnoskei) Kihaule's mouse shrew (M. kihaulei) Long-tailed forest shrew (M. longicaudatus) Oku mouse shrew (M. okuensis) Rumpi mouse shrew (M. rumpii) Schaller's mouse shrew (M. schalleri) Sclater's mouse shrew (M. sclateri) Thin mouse shrew (M. tenuis) Forest shrew (M. varius) Kilimanjaro mouse shrew (M. zinki) Surdisorex (African mole shrews) Aberdare mole shrew (S. norae) Mount Kenya mole shrew (S. polulus) Family: Talpidae Scalopinae (New World moles and relatives) Condylura Star-nosed mole (C. cristata) Parascalops Hairy-tailed mole (P. breweri) Scalopus Eastern mole (S. aquaticus) Scapanulus Gansu mole (S. oweni) Scapanus (Western North American moles) Broad-footed mole (S. latimanus) Coast mole (S. orarius) Townsend's mole (S. townsendii) Talpinae (Old World moles and relatives) Desmana Russian desman (D. moschata) Dymecodon True's shrew mole (D. pilirostris) Euroscaptor Greater Chinese mole (E. grandis) Kloss's mole (E. klossi) Long-nosed mole (E. longirostris) Himalayan mole (E. micrura) Small-toothed mole (E. parvidens) Vietnamese mole (E. subanura) Galemys Pyrenean desman (G. pyrenaicus) Mogera Echigo mole (M. etigo) Insular mole (M. insularis) Kano mole (M. kanoana) Kobe mole (M. kobeae) Small Japanese mole (M. imaizumii) Large mole (M. robusta) Sado mole (M. tokudae) Japanese mole (M. wogura) Senkaku mole (M. uchidai) Neurotrichus American shrew mole (N. gibbsii) Oreoscaptor Japanese mountain mole (O. mizura) Parascaptor White-tailed mole (P. leucura) Scaptochirus Short-faced mole (S. moschatus) Scaptonyx Long-tailed mole (S. fusicaudus) Talpa Altai mole (T. altaica) Aquitanian mole (T. aquitania) Blind mole (T. caeca) Caucasian mole (T. caucasica) European mole (T. europaea) Père David's mole (T. davidiana) Levant mole (T. levantis) Martino's mole (T. martinorum) Iberian mole (T. occidentalis) Ognev's mole (T. ognevi) Roman mole (T. romana) Balkan mole (T. stankovici) Talysch mole (T. talyschensis) Urotrichus Japanese shrew mole (U. talpoides) Uropsilinae (Chinese shrew-like moles) Uropsilus Equivalent-teeth shrew mole (U. aequodonenia) Anderson's shrew mole (U. andersoni) Black-backed shrew mole (U. atronates) Dabie Mountains shrew mole (U. dabieshanensis) Gracile shrew mole (U. gracilis) Inquisitive shrew mole (U. investigator) Snow Mountain shrew mole (U. nivatus) Chinese shrew mole (U. soricipes) Family: Solenodontidae Atopogale Cuban solenodon (A. cubana) Solenodon Hispaniolan solenodon (S. paradoxus)

Taxon identifiers Erinaceidae Wikidata: Q28257 Wikispecies: Erinaceidae ADW: Erinaceidae BOLD: 980 CoL: 623NY EPPO: 1ERINF Fauna Europaea: 12622 Fauna Europaea (new): 38837719-f93e-45e9-bf11-4061fbd5e0be GBIF: 5722 iNaturalist: 43011 IRMNG: 104888 ITIS: 552310 MSW: 13600002 NBN: NHMSYS0000376156 NCBI: 9363 NZOR: 5d0f3170-a1b5-4144-bab6-3221972d1a26 Open Tree of Life: 796668 Paleobiology Database: 40367 WoRMS: 1465487

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