Desmana kowalskae Rümke 1985 (Russian desman)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Talpidae

Full reference: C. G. Rümke. 1985. A review of fossil and recent Desmaninae (Talpidae, Insectivora). Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletins 4:1-241

Belongs to Desmana according to C. G. Rümke 1985

Sister taxa: Desmana inflata, Desmana moschata, Desmana nehringi, Desmana pyrenaica, Desmana thermalis, Desmana verestchagini, Mygale arvernensis

Type specimen: MZP 1204, a mandible (Fragment mandible dex. with p2-m3). Its type locality is Węże, which is in a MN 15 cave breccia in Poland.

Ecology: amphibious insectivore

Distribution: found only at Węże

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