Subfamily Desmaninae Thomas 1912 (mole)

Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Talpidae

Synonym: Myogalina Mivart 1871

Parent taxon: Talpidae according to E. Martín-Suárez et al. 2001

See also Mors et al. 2000 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Anomodon, Asthenoscapter, Chrysochlorina, Desmana, Desmanodon, Domninoides, Entomodon, Eotalpa, Galeospalax, Geolabis, Hugueneya, Hyporyssus, Mioscalops, Mogera, Mongolopala, Neurotrichus, Oreotalpa, Parascalops, Parascaptor, Proscalopinae, Quadrodens, Scalopinae, Scaptochirus, Scaptogale, Soricina, Suleimaninae, Talpa, Talpina, Talpinae, Tegulariscaptor, Tenrecina, Tupaina, Uropsilinae

Subtaxa: Desmanella Galemys Geomana Mygalea Mygalinia Paratalpa

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Ecology: fossorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), the Netherlands (2), Portugal (1), Spain (2), Turkey (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Hungary (1)

• Pliocene of Austria (1), France (5), Germany (2), Greece (4), Moldova (1), Poland (3), Romania (3), Spain (1), Turkey (4), Ukraine (1)

• MN 13 of Turkey (2)

• Miocene of Austria (7), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (3), Germany (20), Greece (3), Hungary (2), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Spain (3), Switzerland (4), Turkey (3)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Germany (1)

• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), France (4), Germany (6), Kazakhstan (2), Spain (1)

Total: 101 collections including 110 occurrences

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