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
           1 Paraechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1832) - desert hedgehog
           2 Paraechinus hypomelas (Brandt, 1836) - Brandt's hedgehog
           3 Paraechinus micropus (Blyth, 1846) - Indian hedgehog