with the remaining members of Lipotyphla being reclassified as Eulipotyphla.

A 2023 study suggested that the order began to diversify prior to the K-Pg extinction, based on molecular clock estimates.

Classification

* Order Eulipotyphla (= 'Lipotyphla' - Afrosoricida = 'Erinaceomorpha' + 'Soricomorpha')
** Family Erinaceidae
*** Subfamily Erinaceinae: hedgehogs