Mammalia - Lipotyphla - Erinaceidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1929. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 18(4)

Parent taxon: Brachyericinae according to G. C. Gould 1995

Sister taxa: Brachyerix, Metexallerix, Postexallerix

Subtaxa: Metechinus amplior, Metechinus nevadensis

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Type: Metechinus nevadensis

Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore