Paraechinus

Paraechinus^[1]

P. aethiopicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Erinaceidae
Subfamily:	Erinaceinae
Genus:	Paraechinus Trouessart, 1879
Species
P. aethiopicus P. hypomelas P. micropus P. nudiventris

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Paraechinus is a genus of hedgehogs. It contains four species from North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia:^[1]

Desert hedgehog (Paraechinus aethiopicus)
Brandt's hedgehog (Paraechinus hypomelas)
Indian hedgehog (Paraechinus micropus)
Bare-bellied hedgehog (Paraechinus nudiventris)

References

1 2 Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

Extant Erinaceomorpha species by subfamily

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Infraclass Eutheria
Superorder Laurasiatheria

Erinaceinae
(Hedgehogs)

Atelerix	Four-toed hedgehog (A. albiventris) North African hedgehog (A. algirus) Southern African hedgehog (A. frontalis) Somali hedgehog (A. sclateri)

Erinaceus	Amur hedgehog (E. amurensis) Southern white-breasted hedgehog (E. concolor) West European hedgehog (E. europaeus) Northern white-breasted hedgehog (E. roumanicus)

Hemiechinus	Long-eared hedgehog (H. auritus) Indian long-eared hedgehog (H. collaris)

Mesechinus	Daurian hedgehog (M. dauuricus) Hugh's hedgehog (M. hughi)

Paraechinus	Desert hedgehog (P. aethiopicus) Brandt's hedgehog (P. hypomelas) Indian hedgehog (P. micropus) Bare-bellied hedgehog (P. nudiventris)

Galericinae
(Gymnures)

Echinosorex	Moonrat (E. gymnura)

Hylomys	Long-eared gymnure (H. megalotis) Dwarf gymnure (H. parvus) Short-tailed gymnure (H. suillus)

Neohylomys	Hainan gymnure (N. hainanensis)

Neotetracus	Shrew gymnure (N. sinensis)

Podogymnura	Dinagat gymnure (P. aureospinula) Mindanao gymnure (P. truei)

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