Amphechinus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Erinaceidae |
Subfamily: | Erinaceinae |
Tribe: | †Amphechinini |
Genus: | †Amphechinus Aymard, 1850 |
Species | |
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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]
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