Erinaceidae G. Fischer 1814

Family ERINACEIDAE (HEDGEHOGS AND GYMNURES) • Mediumssized insectivores/omnivores, with stiff spines on head and back and relatively short rostrum (hedgehogs) or soft or coarse fur and shrew-like snout (gymnures). • 10-75 cm. • Palearctic, Afrotropical, and Indo-Malayan Regions. • Deserts, steppes, urban grasslands, forests, farmlands, alpine meadows, parks, and gardens (hedgehogs) or humid, tropical forests (gymnures). • 10 genera, 26 species, 4b taxa. • 2 species Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.
Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Erinaceidae, pp. 288-330 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 288, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6639332