Erinaceus libycus Ehrenberg, 1828

[Hemprich, W.F.. &] 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, 1828 [1828–1832] [unpaginated].

Valid name: Hemiechinus auritus (Gmelin, 1770) ssp. libycus (Ehrenberg, 1828)

Syntypes: ZMB 732, male, mounted skin with skull inside; ZMB 733, female, juvenile, mounted skin with skull inside. Collected by Hemprich and Ehrenberg in Egypt 1820–1823.