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    Erinaceidae /ˌɛrɪnəˈsiːɪdiː/ is a family in the order Eulipotyphla, consisting of the hedgehogs and moonrats. Until recently, it was assigned to the order...
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    and true shrews. (These correspond to the four taxonomical families Erinaceidae, Solenodonstidae, Talpidae, and Soricidae, respectively.) Order Eulipotyphla...
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  • Amphechinus is an extinct genus of hedgehog of the family Erinaceidae, which lived in Asia and Europe during the Oligocene and in North America, Africa...
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    moonrats, are mammals belonging to the subfamily Galericinae, in the family Erinaceidae and the order Eulipotyphla. Gymnures resemble rats but are not closely...
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    Atelerix is a genus of hedgehog in the family Erinaceidae. It contains four species, all native to Africa. Four-toed hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) North...
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    recent common ancestor with Erinaceidae than with other soricomorphs. However, the combination of Soricidae and Erinaceidae, referred to as order Eulipotyphla...
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    Somali hedgehog (Atelerix sclateri) is a species of mammal in the family Erinaceidae. It is endemic to Somalia and Somaliland. The Somali hedgehog is nocturnal...
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    spiny mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae. There are seventeen species of hedgehog in five genera found throughout...
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  • wangi) or Wang's forest hedgehog is a species of hedgehog in the family Erinaceidae found only in China. It is endemic to the slopes of Mt. Gaoligong in...
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    hedgehog (Paraechinus aethiopicus) is a species of mammal in the family Erinaceidae. The desert hedgehog is one of the smallest of hedgehogs. It is 5.5 to...
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