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Amphechinus

Amphechinus
Temporal range: Oligocene–Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Erinaceidae
Subfamily: Erinaceinae
Tribe: †Amphechinini
Genus: †Amphechinus
Aymard, 1850
Species
  • A. akespensis
  • A. arvernensis
  • A. baudelotae
  • A. edwardsi
  • A. ginsburgi
  • A. golpeae
  • A. horncloudi
  • A. intermedius
  • A. kreuzae
  • A. major
  • A. microdus
  • A. minutissimus
  • A. robinsoni
  • A. taatsiingolensis

Amphechinus is an extinct genus of hedgehog of the family Erinaceidae, which lived in Asia and Europe during the Oligocene and in North America, Africa, Asia and Europe during the Miocene.

A single specimen examined in 1998 was estimated to have had a weight of 175 g (0.39 lb) when alive.[1][failed verification]

  1. ^ Bloch, J.I.; Rose, K.D.; Gingerich, P.D. (August 1998). "New species of Batodonoides (Lipotyphla, Geolabididae) from the early Eocene of Wyoming: smallest known mammal?". Journal of Mammalogy. 79 (3): 804–827. doi:10.2307/1383090. JSTOR 1383090.