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
           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
           5 Genus Paraechinus Trouessart, 1879 - desert hedgehogs