After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991 and fossil species from “The Paleobiology Database”

<==o Erinaceidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 (Hedgehogs; siilit)
   |?-o †Litolestes Jepsen, 1930
   |  |?- †L. dorfi
   |  `-- †L. ignotus Jepsen, 1930
   |?-o †Cedrocherus Gingerich, 1983
   |  |-- †C. aceratus Gunnell, 1994
   |  `-- †C. ryani Gingerich, 1983
   |?- †Endolestes siegfriedti [=? Leipsanolestes siegfriedti Simpson, 1928]
   |?- †Scaptogale Trouessart, 1898
   |?-o †Mioechinus Butler, 1948
   |  |-- †M. butleri Crusafont et al., 1955
   |  |-- †M. oeningensis Lydekker, 1886
   |  |-- †M. sansaniensis Lartet, 1851
   |  `-- †M. tobieni Engesser, 1980
   |?- †Oncocherus krishtalkai Scott, 2006; Pal. ENAm.
   |--o †Tupaiodontinae
   |  |--o †Entomolestes Matthew, 1909b
   |  |  |?- †E. nitens
   |  |  `-- †E. grangeri Matthew, 1909b
   |  `--+--o †Tupaiodon Matthew & Granger, 1924
   |     |  |-- †T. huadianensis Wang & Li, 1990
   |     |  `-- †T. morrisi Matthew & Granger, 1924
   |     `--+-- †Changlelestes dissetiformis Tong & Wang, 1993
   |        `--o †Ictopidium Zdansky, 1930
   |           |-- †I. lechei Zdansky, 1930
   |           `-- †I. tatalgolensis Sulimski, 1970
   `--+-- Galericinae [?Echinosoricinae, Hylomyinae] (Long-tailed hedgehogs; rottasiilit)
      `--+-- Erinaceinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 (Short-tailed hedgehogs; varsinaiset siilit)
         `--o †Brachyericinae
            |--o †Exallerix McKenna & Holton, 1967
            |  |-- †E. efialtes Lopatin, 1996
            |  |-- †E. hsandagolensis McKenna & Holton, 1967 (type)
            |  |-- †E. manahan Lopatin & Zazhigin, 2003
            |  `-- †E. pustulatus Ziegler et al., 2007
            |--o †Metexallerix Qiu & Gu 1988
            |  |-- † gaolanshanensis Qiu & Gu 1988
            |  `-- † junggarensis Bi 1999
            |--o †Brachyerix Matthew, 1933
            |  |-- †B. hibbardi Stevens, 1977
            |  |-- †B. incertis (Matthew, 1924) [Metechinus fergusoni Henshaw, 1942]
            |  `-- †B. macrotis Matthew, 1933 [Metechinus marslandensis Meade, 1941]
            `--o †Metechinus Matthew, 1929
               |-- †M. amplior Rich, 1981
               `-- †M. nevadensis Matthew, 1929 (type)

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