Desert hedgehog

For the gene and protein called "desert hedgehog", see Desert hedgehog (protein).

Desert hedgehog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Erinaceidae
Genus: Paraechinus
Species:
P. aethiopicus
Binomial name
Paraechinus aethiopicus
(Ehrenberg, 1832)
Desert hedgehog range

The desert hedgehog (Paraechinus aethiopicus) is a species of mammal in the family Erinaceidae.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.