Order Erinaceomorpha Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 212 219 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Paraechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg 1832) [Erinaceus] aethiopicus Ehrenberg 1832 , Symb. Phys. Mamm., Vol. 2: sig. k, footnote . Type Locality: Sudan , "In desertis dongolanis habitat". Vernacular Names: Desert Hedgehog . Subspecies: : Subspecies Paraechinus aethiopicus subsp. aethiopicus Ehrenberg 1832 Subspecies Paraechinus aethiopicus subsp. albatus Thomas 1922 Subspecies Paraechinus aethiopicus subsp. deserti Loche 1858 Subspecies Paraechinus aethiopicus subsp. ludlowi Thomas 1919 Subspecies Paraechinus aethiopicus subsp. pectoralis Heuglin 1861 Distribution: Sahara from Mauritania to Egypt and Awash, Ethiopia ; Arabian deserts from Syria to Yemen ; insular populations on Djerba ( Tunisia ), Bahrain and Tanb (Persian Gulf). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Hemiechinus aethiopicus . Discussion: Species and subspecies arrangement unclear; Corbet (1988:153-154) retained Arabian dorsalis (= pectoralis ) as a subspecies, while Osborn and Helmy (1980) regarded aethiopicus , deserti and dorsalis as distinct species. Reviewed by Harrison and Bates (1991) , who considered pectoralis, ludlowi and albatus as valid subspecies. Nader and Al-Safadi (1993) , Kock and Ebenau (1996) , and Benda and Obuch (2001) provided new distribution records. Morshed and Patton (2002) provided DNA sequence data from Saudi Arabia .