Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 Family Erinaceidae Fischer, 1814 - gymnures and hedgehogs Subfamily Erinaceinae Fischer, 1814 - spiny hedgehogs Genus Paraechinus Trouessart, 1879 - desert hedgehogs Paraechinus micropus (Blyth, 1846) - Indian hedgehog