Erinaceinae

A hedgehog is a spiny mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae. There are 17 species of hedgehog in five genera found throughout parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and in New Zealand by introduction. There are no hedgehogs native to Australia and no living species native to the Americas. However, the extinct genus Amphechinus was once present in North America.

Erinaceinae

Gibe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ErinaceidaePBDB
Diet
insectivore, carnivorePBDB, for Erinaceidae
Life habit
semifossorialPBDB, for Erinaceidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 33 million years on record.

The record covers at least 33.9 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 37.71 Mya to 0 Mya.

Eocene — about 2 of 309 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 72 of 309 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 141 of 309 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 17 of 309 occurrencesPleistocene — about 69 of 309 occurrences38–37 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences37–36 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences36–35 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 1 occurrence32–31 Mya — about 1 occurrence31–29 Mya — about 1 occurrence29–28 Mya — about 2 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 7 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 18 occurrences26–24 Mya — about 19 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 22 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 10 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 7 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 8 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 10 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 13 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 16 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 16 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 16 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 20 occurrences12–10 Mya — about 10 occurrences10–9.0 Mya — about 6 occurrences9.0–7.7 Mya — about 4 occurrences7.7–6.4 Mya — about 3 occurrences6.4–5.1 Mya — about 3 occurrences5.1–3.8 Mya — about 6 occurrences3.8–2.6 Mya — about 11 occurrences2.6–1.3 Mya — about 28 occurrences1.3–0 Mya — about 48 occurrences33.9 Mya11.7 ka38.5 Mya0 Mya

309 occurrences of Erinaceinae on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

309 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

59 formations

Hsanda Gol — 45.45°N, 101.37°EHsanda Gol — 45.41°N, 101.26°EHsanda Gol — 45.39°N, 101.24°EHsanda Gol — 45.30°N, 101.62°EHsanda Gol — 45.30°N, 102.08°EValentine — 42.70°N, 100.00°WValentine — 42.49°N, 98.11°WValentine — 42.80°N, 99.70°WValentine — 42.81°N, 100.05°WValentine — 40.02°N, 98.53°WValentine — 42.78°N, 100.03°WValentine — 42.80°N, 100.80°WLoh — 45.38°N, 101.10°ELoh — 45.38°N, 101.51°ELoh — 45.50°N, 101.97°ELoh — 45.54°N, 101.01°ELoh — 45.49°N, 101.20°EAral — 46.80°N, 60.58°EAral — 50.30°N, 57.18°EAral — 46.78°N, 60.50°EXianshuihe — 35.15°N, 105.11°EXianshuihe — 36.46°N, 104.16°ERenova — 46.65°N, 113.05°WRenova — 46.40°N, 112.80°WMonroe Creek — 43.30°N, 102.50°WHarrison — 42.40°N, 103.80°WHarrison — 42.80°N, 100.80°WBatesland — 43.20°N, 101.80°WBatesland — 43.13°N, 101.87°WRunningwater — 42.45°N, 102.96°WRunningwater — 42.49°N, 102.96°WRunningwater — 42.37°N, 103.32°WRunningwater — 42.75°N, 102.00°WWood Mountain — 49.17°N, 105.99°WArikaree — 43.20°N, 108.20°WArikaree — 43.20°N, 107.10°WTesuque — 36.50°N, 107.00°WTesuque — 35.50°N, 106.20°WLegetet — 0.18°S, 35.27°ERosebud — 43.20°N, 101.80°WCypress Hills — 49.60°N, 109.00°WCypress Hills — 49.60°N, 108.80°WAsh Hollow — 42.39°N, 98.10°WAsh Hollow — 42.30°N, 98.00°WTroublesome — 40.20°N, 106.10°WNubia — 22.50°N, 30.75°ELefkon — 41.17°N, 23.50°EBahe — 33.50°N, 109.50°EBahe — 34.15°N, 109.33°EWildcat Hills Beds — 41.70°N, 103.67°WWulanbulage — 39.83°N, 108.73°ECrystal River — 29.75°N, 82.63°W

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The named rock units Erinaceinae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 35 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 154 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Erinaceinae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Erinaceinae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

2,941 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 252 sites for Erinaceinae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

141 references

Each of the 309 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 129 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Erinaceinae

Credit
Gibe
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC Attribution
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Fischer de Waldheim 1817