Paraechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1833) . Symb. Phys. Mamm., 2, sig. K.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan), deserts of Dongola .

DISTRIBUTION: Morocco and Mauritania to N. Somalia, Egypt through Arabia to Iraq.

COMMENT: Includes blancalis, deserti (syn. wassifi), dorsalis and pectoralis as subspecies; see Corbet, 1974, Part 1.4:2; but see also Osborn and Helmy, 1980, Fieldiana Zool., n.s., 5:64,70, who listed deserti and dorsalis as distinct species.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403005010001001.