Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Erinaceomorpha Gregory, 1910 see Suborder Erinaceomorpha Gregory, 1910
       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
               1 [Paraechinus aethiopicus aethiopicus]ᵀ (Ehrenberg, 1832)
               2 Paraechinus aethiopicus albatus Thomas, 1922
               3 Paraechinus aethiopicus deserti (Loche, 1858)
               4 Paraechinus aethiopicus ludlowi Thomas, 1919
               5 Paraechinus aethiopicus pectoralis (Heuglin, 1861)