| Desmana | |
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| Russian desman(Desmana moschata) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Tribe: | Desmanini |
| Genus: | Desmana Güldenstädt, 1777 |
| Type species | |
| Castor moschatus[1] Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Species | |
Desmana is agenus of mole that contains a single living species, theRussian desman(Desmana moschata). A number of fossil species are known from throughoutEurasia.
The oldest species isDesmana marci from the earliestPliocene ofSpain.[2] It was probably derived from earlier moles of the genusArchaeodesmana.D. marci likely gave rise toD. verestchagini, who may have given rise to younger species such as the living desman.[3]
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