Amphechinus

Amphechinus Temporal range: Oligocene–Miocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Erinaceidae
Subfamily:	Erinaceinae
Tribe:	†Amphechinini
Genus:	†Amphechinus Aymard, 1850
Species
A. akespensis A. arvernensis A. baudelotae A. edwardsi A. ginsburgi A. golpeae A. horncloudi A. intermedius A. kreuzae A. major A. microdus A. minutissimus A. robinsoni A. taatsiingolensis

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. The genus contains atleast 14 species. It is classified in the subfamily Erinaceinae and in the family Erinaceidae.

A single specimen examined in 1998 was estimated to have had a weight of 175 g (0.39 lb) when alive.^{[1][failed verification]}