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 Hemiechinus Fitzinger, 1866 - long-eared desert hedgehogs
             Hemiechinus auritus (Gmelin, 1770) - long-eared hedgehog
               1 [Hemiechinus auritus auritus]ᵀ (Gmelin, 1770)
               2 Hemiechinus auritus albulus (Stoliczka, 1872)
               3 Hemiechinus auritus aegyptius (E. Geoffroy, 1803)
               4 Hemiechinus auritus libycus (Ehrenberg, 1833)
               5 Hemiechinus auritus megalotis (Blyth, 1845)