Paraechinus aethiopicus

(Ehrenberg, 1832)

Desert Hedgehog

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Erinaceidae
Subfamily : Erinaceinae
Genus : Paraechinus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Symb. Phys. Mamm., vol. 2, sig. k, footnote Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832) Symbolae Physicae seu Icones et Descriptiones corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum quae ex itineribus per Libyam Aegyptum Nubiam Dongalam Syriam Arabiam et Habessiniam... Pars Zoologica I. [Mammalia]. Berlin, ex Officina Academica, 1832[1828–1832]: 2, sig. k, footnote [unpaginated].]

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48508487

Original name as described

Erinaceus aethiopicus

Other common names

Ethiopian Hedgehog

Type material

ZMB 731

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"in desertis dongalanis habitat." Interpreted by G. B. Corbet in 1988 as "Dongola Desert, Sudan" and restricted by D. R. Frost and colleagues in 1991 to "approximately at 19°22'N, 30°45'E," northern Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritania · Mali · Niger · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Libya · Egypt · Sudan · Chad? · Somalia? · Djibouti? · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Israel · Jordan · Syria · Iraq · Iran · Kuwait · Saudi Arabia · Qatar · Bahrain · Yemen · Oman · United Arab Emirates

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003818

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Paraechinus ludlowi

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

ludlowi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.3.1.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fb8b4865-b85b-452a-be53-d861a8dd5b26

Authority page

748

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2050383

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Paraechinus deserti blancalis

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

blancalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.5.4.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/89a6dbfd-cf73-49c1-bed2-7bf9f5acbad7

Authority page

570

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196749

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Paraechinus dorsalis albatus

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

albatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.12.3.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6b5072e5-3340-4158-b3d8-1db778e7a52e

Authority page

144

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15689879

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Paraechinus oniscus

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

oniscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1922.8.9.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bfd654bf-2298-4c6b-81f7-fae61ed9910a

Authority page

307

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253185

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Paraechinus dorsalis albior

Pocock, 1934

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

albior

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1934.8.4.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/92d1b7be-3fd4-4686-9c0e-c44d325041a3

Authority page

636

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Paraechinus deserti wassifi

Setzer, 1957

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

wassifi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:75799

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=9fe1dd42-9101-4888-8600-d570c7ea591d

Authority publication

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Erinaceus aethiopicus

(Ehrenberg, 1832)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 731

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

sig. k (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48508487

Authority publication

Berlin

Erinaceus brachydactylus

(J. A. Wagner, 1841)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

brachydactylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

ZMB 731

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31062653

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Erinaceus pectoralis

(von Heuglin, 1861)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

pectoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45613538

Authority publication

Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum

Erinaceus dorsalis

(J. Anderson & de Winton, 1901)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

dorsalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344902

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Paraechinus aethiopicus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

25

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40606/22326233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Paraechinus aethiopicus aethiopicus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

aethiopicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Paraechinus aethiopicus albatus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

albatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Paraechinus aethiopicus deserti

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

deserti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Paraechinus aethiopicus ludlowi

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

ludlowi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Paraechinus aethiopicus pectoralis

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

pectoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Erinaceus Sennaariensis

(Hedenborg in Anonymous, 1839)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

sennaariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13244036

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

Erinaceus deserti

(Loche, 1858)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

deserti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949432

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Loche (1858:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)

Hemiechinus pallidus

(Fitzinger in von Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

565

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6447076

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)

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