A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Erinaceidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Four-toed HedgehogAtelerix albiventris (Wagner, 1841) | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| North African HedgehogAtelerix algirus (Lereboullet, 1842) | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern African HedgehogAtelerix frontalis (A. Smith, 1831) | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Somali HedgehogAtelerix sclateri Anderson, 1895 | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| MoonratEchinosorex gymnurus (Raffles, 1822) | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amur HedgehogErinaceus amurensis Schrenk, 1859 | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern White-Breasted HedgehogErinaceus concolor Martin, 1838 | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| West European HedgehogErinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758 | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern White-Breasted HedgehogErinaceus roumanicus Barrett-Hamilton, 1900 | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indian Long-eared HedgehogHemiechinus collaris (Gray, 1830) | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hylomys maxi Sody, 1933 | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dwarf GymnureHylomys parvus Robinson & Kloss, 1916 | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Daurian HedgehogMesechinus dauuricus (Sundevall, 1842) | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hugh's Forest HedgehogMesechinus hughi (Thomas, 1908) | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small-toothed Forest HedgehogMesechinus miodon (Thomas, 1908) | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Forest HedgehogMesechinus orientalis Shi, Yao, K. He, Bai, J. Zhou, J. Fan, W. Su, W. Nie, S. Yang, Onditi, X. Jian & Z. Chen, 2023 | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gaoligong Forest HedgehogMesechinus wangi He, Jiang Xuelong & Ai Huaisen, 2018 | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hainan GymnureNeohylomys hainanensis Shaw & Wong, 1959 | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shrew GymnureNeotetracus sinensis Trouessart, 1909 | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Otohylomys megalotis (Jenkins & M. F. Robinson, 2002) | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Desert HedgehogParaechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1832) | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indian HedgehogParaechinus micropus (Blyth, 1846) | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bare-bellied HedgehogParaechinus nudiventris (Horsfield, 1851) | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dinagat GymnurePodogymnura aureospinula Heaney & Morgan, 1982 | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Mindanao GymnurePodogymnura intermedia Balete, Heaney, Rickart, Quidlat, Rowsey & Olson, 2023 | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Podogymnura minima Sanborn, 1953 | ErinaceidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.