Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872 see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                 Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821
                   Superfamily Erinaceoidea Fischer, 1814
                     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 micropus (Blyth, 1846) - Indian hedgehog
                           3 Paraechinus hypomelas (Brandt, 1836) - Brandt's hedgehog