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Taxon: Superfamily Erinaceoidea Fischer, 1814 (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Eulipotyphla

Subsequent positions

Erinaceomorpha (Order) Gregory, 1910

Original entries

Questionably †*Dartonius* (Genus) Novacek, Bown & Schankler, 1985
Questionably †*Eolestes* (Genus) Bown & Schankler, 1982, nom. illeg.
Questionably †*Leipsanolestes* (Genus) Simpson, 1928

Subsequent entries

Erinaceidae (Family) Fischer, 1814

Current position

Erinaceomorpha (Suborder) Gregory, 1910

Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 630 [McKenna & Bell, 1997: 276].

Alternative positions

*Erinaceomorpha* (Order) Gregory, 1910	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 276.
*Insectivora* (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 615.

Historical positions

*Erinaceomorpha* (Order) Gregory, 1910	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 276.
*Erinaceomorpha* (Suborder) Gregory, 1910	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 630.
*Insectivora* (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 615.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1f;10g;24s;37ss; †31g;3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1f;10g;24s;37ss; †31g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[1f;5g; †31g]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 630	[1f; †2f]

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