Mammalia - Lipotyphla - Erinaceidae

Synonym: Cayluxotherium elegans Filhol 1880

Belongs to Neurogymnurus according to J.-Y. Crochet 1974

Sister taxon: Neurogymnurus indricotherii

Type specimens:

• Neurogymnurus cayluxi: MNHN Qu-8694, mandible dext. with p4, a mandible.
• Cayluxotherium elegans: MNHN Qu 8690, a skull.

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore