Setifer Froriep, 1806 . In Dumeril, Analit. Zool. mit Zusätzen, p. 15.

TYPE SPECIES: Erinaceus setosus Schreber, 1777 .

SYNONYMS: Dasogale, Ericulus .

COMMENTS: Includes Ericulus, see Eisenberg and Gould (1970:49); and Dasogale, see Poduschka and Poduschka (1982:253).