†Stenoechinus Rich and Rasmussen 1973 (hedgehog)
Mammalia - Lipotyphla - Erinaceidae
Full reference: T. H. V. Rich and D. L. Rasmussen. 1973. New North American erinaceine hedgehogs (Mammalia; Insectivora). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 21:1-54
Parent taxon: Erinaceidae according to T. H. V. Rich 1981
Sister taxa: Amphechinus, Auroralestes, Brachyericinae, Cedrocherus, Dartonius, Dimylechinus, Entomolestes, Erinaceinae, Galericinae, Galerix, Hylomyinae, Lanthanotherium, Leipsanolestes, Litolestes, Neurogymnurus, Oncocherus, Palaeoscaptor, Parvericius, Proterix, Tupaiodontinae, Untermannerix, Messelina
Subtaxa: Stenoechinus tantalus
Type: Stenoechinus tantalus
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore