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Definition of Erinaceidae
1. Noun. True hedgehogs.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Insectivora, Order Insectivora
Member holonyms: Erinaceus, Genus Erinaceus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Erinaceidae
Literary usage of Erinaceidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1903)
"The Hedgehog family (Erinaceidae) has hitherto been found only in the Old
World (Europe, Asia, and Africa). It includes three living and five extinct genera ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... remains of a species of hedgehog is a fact of great interest, for the
hedgehog-tribe (Erinaceidae) is at the present day an exclusively Old World group. ..."
3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"Erinaceidae.—This family contains the genera Erinaceus, ... The genus is considered
by Leche to be the oldest existing type of Erinaceidae. ..."
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