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Paraechinus Trouessart, 1879

Desert Hedgehogs
Paraechinus Trouessart, 1879; , TS: Erincaeus micropus
Macroechinus

Paraechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1833)

Morocco, Mauritania, Hoggar Mountains, Air, Niger - Egypt, Sudan, N.Ethiopia, N.Somalia, Arabia - Tigris. See [About 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 [About 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 [About 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

9.4.1998 (3)

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