After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991 and fossil species from “The Paleobiology Database”
<==o Erinaceidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 (Hedgehogs; siilit) |?-o †Litolestes Jepsen, 1930 | |?- †L. dorfi | `-- †L. ignotus Jepsen, 1930 |?-o †Cedrocherus Gingerich, 1983 | |-- †C. aceratus Gunnell, 1994 | `-- †C. ryani Gingerich, 1983 |?- †Endolestes siegfriedti [=? Leipsanolestes siegfriedti Simpson, 1928] |?- †Scaptogale Trouessart, 1898 |?-o †Mioechinus Butler, 1948 | |-- †M. butleri Crusafont et al., 1955 | |-- †M. oeningensis Lydekker, 1886 | |-- †M. sansaniensis Lartet, 1851 | `-- †M. tobieni Engesser, 1980 |?- †Oncocherus krishtalkai Scott, 2006; Pal. ENAm. |--o †Tupaiodontinae | |--o †Entomolestes Matthew, 1909b | | |?- †E. nitens | | `-- †E. grangeri Matthew, 1909b | `--+--o †Tupaiodon Matthew & Granger, 1924 | | |-- †T. huadianensis Wang & Li, 1990 | | `-- †T. morrisi Matthew & Granger, 1924 | `--+-- †Changlelestes dissetiformis Tong & Wang, 1993 | `--o †Ictopidium Zdansky, 1930 | |-- †I. lechei Zdansky, 1930 | `-- †I. tatalgolensis Sulimski, 1970 `--+-- Galericinae [?Echinosoricinae, Hylomyinae] (Long-tailed hedgehogs; rottasiilit) `--+-- Erinaceinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 (Short-tailed hedgehogs; varsinaiset siilit) `--o †Brachyericinae |--o †Exallerix McKenna & Holton, 1967 | |-- †E. efialtes Lopatin, 1996 | |-- †E. hsandagolensis McKenna & Holton, 1967 (type) | |-- †E. manahan Lopatin & Zazhigin, 2003 | `-- †E. pustulatus Ziegler et al., 2007 |--o †Metexallerix Qiu & Gu 1988 | |-- † gaolanshanensis Qiu & Gu 1988 | `-- † junggarensis Bi 1999 |--o †Brachyerix Matthew, 1933 | |-- †B. hibbardi Stevens, 1977 | |-- †B. incertis (Matthew, 1924) [Metechinus fergusoni Henshaw, 1942] | `-- †B. macrotis Matthew, 1933 [Metechinus marslandensis Meade, 1941] `--o †Metechinus Matthew, 1929 |-- †M. amplior Rich, 1981 `-- †M. nevadensis Matthew, 1929 (type)
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