Deinogalerix (from Ancient Greek, "terrible/terror" + Galerix) is an extinct genus of gymnure which lived in Italy in the Late Miocene, 7-10 million years...

†Genus Deinogalerix †Deinogalerix brevirostris †Deinogalerix freudenthali †Deinogalerix intermedius †Deinogalerix koenigswaldi †Deinogalerix minor Genus...

of the paleokarst fill. The Gargano Island endemic mammals included: Deinogalerix - 5 species of gymnures ("hairy hedgehogs"), among them the giant D....

their prey on the island, such as the great erinaceomorph of Gargano, Deinogalerix, and rodents. Pavia M. (2011). "Fossil birds from the Neogene of the...

large dormice Stertomys and Hattomys hamsters, the giant, long-skulled Deinogalerix moonrats, an otter, Prolagus pikas, and the multi-horned artiodactyl...

Size comparison of the giant gymnure (moonrat) Deinogalerix from the Late Miocene of Gargano, Italy, with a European hedgehog....

typically much smaller than the moonrat. Even larger was the giant gymnure Deinogalerix from Miocene Europe. It was estimated to grow larger than a modern house...

Neocricetodon sp., and Apocricetus sp. The gymnures (hairy hedgehogs) Deinogalerix freudenthalli, D. minor, D. intermedius, D. brevirostris, D. koenigswaldi...

Erinaceidae Subfamily: Galericinae Pomel, 1848 Genera †Apulogalerix †Deinogalerix †Dzavui Echinosorex †Eochenus †Eogalericius †Galerix Hylomys †Lantanotherium...

ever evolved. The largest known animal of the group Eulipotyphla was Deinogalerix, measuring up to 60 cm (24 in) in total length, with a skull up to 21 cm...