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
         1 Genus Atelerix Pomel, 1848 - African hedgehogs
         2 Genus Erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758 - Eurasian hedgehogs
         3 Genus Hemiechinus Fitzinger, 1866 - long-eared desert hedgehogs
         4 Genus Mesechinus Ognev, 1951