†subfamily Brachyericinae Butler 1948 (hedgehog)
Mammalia - Lipotyphla - Erinaceidae
Parent taxon: Erinaceidae according to G. C. Gould 1995
Sister taxa: Amphechinus, Auroralestes, Cedrocherus, Dartonius, Dimylechinus, Entomolestes, Erinaceinae, Galericinae, Galerix, Hylomyinae, Lanthanotherium, Leipsanolestes, Litolestes, Neurogymnurus, Oncocherus, Palaeoscaptor, Parvericius, Proterix, Stenoechinus, Tupaiodontinae, Untermannerix, Messelina
Subtaxa: Brachyerix, Metechinus, Metexallerix, Postexallerix
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore