Life Mammalia Insectivora Erinaceidae

• Paraechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1833) Morocco, Mauritania, Hoggar Mountains, Air, Niger - Egypt, Sudan, N.Ethiopia, N.Somalia, Arabia - Tigris. See [maps] Desert Hedgehog

  • Erinaceus aethiopicus Ehrenberg, 1833; ; TL: Dongola Desert, Sudan
  • P. a. aethiopicus Ehrenberg, 1833

    • aethiopicus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1833); ; TL: Dongola Desert, Sudan
    • brachydactylus
    • pallidus
    • sennaariensis
  • P. a. deserti (Locke, 1858)

    • aethiopicus deserti (Locke, 1858); ; TL: NE. Algeria
  • P. a. pectoralis (Heuglin, 1861)

    • aethiopicus pectoralis (Heuglin, 1861); ; TL: Sinai, Jordan
  • P. a. dorsalis (Anderson & de Winton, 1901)

    • aethiopicus dorsalis (Anderson & de Winton, 1901); ; TL: Hadramaut
    • albior
    • ludlowi ; (Iraq)
    • oniscus ; (S. Arabia)
  • P. a. blancalis Thomas, 1921

    • aethiopicus blancalis (Thomas, 1921); Djerba Island, Tunisia
  • P. a. albatus Thomas, 1922

    • aethiopicus albatus (Thomas, 1922); Tanb Island, Persian Gulf
  • P. a. wassifi Setzer, 1957

    • Paraechinus deserti wassifi Setzer, 1957; ; TL: 10.2 km W. of El Birigat, Kom Hamada, Tahreer Prov., Egypt
• Paraechinus hypomelas (Brandt, 1836) SW.Asia (Tashkent, Aral - Punjab), Iran, Arabia. See [maps] Brandt's Hedgehog

  • Erinaceus hypomelas Brandt, 1836; ; TL: N. Iran
  • P. h. hypomelas Brandt, 1836

    • amir
    • blanfordi
    • eversmanni ; (E. of Caspian Sea)
    • jerdoni ; (Sind)
    • macracanthus
  • P. h. niger (Blanford, 1878)

    • hypomelas niger (Blanford, 1878); ; TL: Muscat, Arabia
  • P. h. seniculus Thomas, 1922

    • hypomelas seniculus (Thomas, 1922); ; TL: Tanb Island, Persian Gulf
  • P. h. sabaeus Thomas, 1922

    • hypomelas sabaeus (Thomas, 1922); ; TL: Near Aden
• Paraechinus micropus (Blyth, 1846) Indus - Rajasthan - Gujerat, Madras, Travancore. See [maps] Indian Hedgehod

  • Erinaceus micropus Blyth, 1846; ; TL: Bahawalpur, Pakistan
  • P. m. micropus Blyth, 1846

    • mentalis
    • pictus
  • P. m. nudiventris Horsfield, 1851

    • micropus nudiventris (Horsfield, 1851); ; TL: Madras

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