Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874
see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
Subdivision Bilateralia
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores
see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821
Superfamily Erinaceoidea Fischer, 1814
Family Erinaceidae Fischer, 1814 - gymnures and hedgehogs
Subfamily Erinaceinae Fischer, 1814 - spiny hedgehogs
Genus Paraechinus Trouessart, 1879 - desert hedgehogs
Paraechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1832) - desert hedgehog