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Kingdom
  
Subfamily
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Tribe

Family
  
Scientific name
  
Desmanini

Higher classification
  
Talpinae

Order
  
Desman Russian DesmanEndangered animals listOur endangered animals

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The desman, a snouted and naked-tailed diving insectivore of the tribe Desmanini, belongs to one of two Eurasian species of the mole family, Talpidae.

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This tribe consists of two monotypic genera of semiaquatic insectivores found in Europe: one in Russia and the other in the northwest of the Iberian peninsula and Pyrenees. Both species are considered to be vulnerable. They have webbed paws and their front paws are not well adapted for digging.

Desman Pyrenean desman photo Galemys pyrenaicus G22688 ARKive

The list of species is:

  • Genus Desmana
  • Russian desman (D. moschata)
  • Genus Galemys
  • Pyrenean desman (G. pyrenaicus)
  • In the media

    Desman Desman Vihuhol The desman a snouted and nakedtailed diving

  • Morelle, Rebecca (2012-09-04). "Pyrenean desman: On the trail of Europe's weirdest beast". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2012-09-05. video report 
  • "Russians rally for water mammal". BBC News Online. 2006-06-09. Retrieved 2012-09-05. 
  • One of the main characters in Noah's Island, Sacha, is a friendly but simple-minded desman known for the catchphrase "Oisky Poisky". In the novel "The Truelove" by Patrick O'Brian the naval surgeon and naturalist Steven Maturin recalls his excitement at the age of eight at his first sighting of "the Pyranean desman".


    Desman The desman of the Pyrenees

    References

    Desman Wikipedia