Desmana

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Desmana
Temporal range: Early Pliocene – Recent
Russian desman (Desmana moschata), Natural History Museum, London, Mammals Gallery.JPG
Russian desman (Desmana moschata)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Talpidae
Tribe: Desmanini
Genus: Desmana
Güldenstädt, 1777
Type species
Desmana moschata
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
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Desmana is a genus of mole that contains a single living species, the Russian desman (Desmana moschata). A number of fossil species are known from throughout Eurasia.

The oldest species is Desmana marci from the earliest Pliocene of Spain.[1] It was probably derived from earlier moles of the genus . D. marci likely gave rise to D. verestchagini, who may have given rise to younger species such as the living desman.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Minwer-Barakat, R. (2020). "Early Pliocene Desmaninae (Mammalia, Talpidae) from Southern Spain and the Origin of the Genus Desmana". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (5). doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1835936.
  2. ^ Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletins: Special publication – Volumes 4–5. Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletins. 1985. p. 105.
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