Definition of erinaceidae Erinaceidae
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What does erinaceidae mean?
WordNet
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| erinaceidae - true hedgehogs | ||
| family Erinaceidae | ||
| mammal family a family of mammals | ||
| insectivora, order insectivora shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs | ||
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Wikipedia 
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Erinaceidae is the only living family in the order of the Erinaceomorpha. It contains the well-known hedgehogs (subfamily Erinaceinae) of Eurasia and Africa and the gymnures or moonrats (subfamily Galericinae) of South-east Asia. This family was once in the order Insectivora, but that order is not used anymore.
Classification.
There are 10 genera and 24 species of erinaceid.
Part of speech
🔤- erinaceidae, noun, singular of erinaceidaes.
