Paraechinus aethiopicus

Paraechinus aethiopicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Erinaceoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla Subordo: Erinaceota Superfamilia: Erinaceoidea

Familia: Erinaceidae
Subfamilia: Erinaceinae
Genus: Paraechinus
Species: Paraechinus aethiopicus
Subspecies: P. a. aethiopicus – P. a. albatus – P. a. deserti – P. a. ludlowi – P. a. pectoralis

Name

Paraechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1832)

Synonyms

• Hemiechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1832)

References

• Paraechinus aethiopicus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Hemiechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1832) (Least Concern)
• Paraechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1832) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

• English: Desert Hedgehog
• magyar: Sivatagi sün
• polski: Jeż etiopski

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