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Desmana (Russian desman)
Taxonomy
Desmana was named by Guldenstaedt (1777). It is extant.
It was assigned to Desmaninae by Van Valen (1967); and to Talpidae by Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988).
It was assigned to Desmaninae by Van Valen (1967); and to Talpidae by Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1777 | Desmana Guldenstaedt |
| 1799 | Desman Lacepede |
| 1800 | Mygale Cuvier pp. table 1 |
| 1815 | Desmanus Rafinesque |
| 1825 | Mygale Gray p. 339 |
| 1829 | Myogalea Fischer |
| 1830 | Caprios Wagler |
| 1836 | Myogale Brandt p. 176 |
| 1846 | Palaeospalax Owen |
| 1953 | Desmagale Kretzoi |
| 1967 | Desmagale Van Valen |
| 1967 | Desmana Van Valen |
| 1968 | Desmana Kurten p. 48 |
| 1988 | Desmana Carroll |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Desmana Guldenstaedt 1777 [Russian desman]
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G. †Archaeodesmana Topachevski and Pashkov 1983
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†Archaeodesmana adroveri Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana baetica Martín-Suárez et al. 2001
†Archaeodesmana brailloni Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana dekkersi Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana dissona Cailleux et al. 2024
†Archaeodesmana luteyni Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana major Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana primigenia Ziegler 2005
†Archaeodesmana turolense Rümke 1985
†Archaeodesmana vinea Storch 1978
Invalid names: Dibolia Rümke 1985 [synonym], Ruemkelia Rzebik-Kowalska and Pawlowski 1994 [synonym]
†Desmana inflata Rümke 1985
†Desmana kowalskae Rümke 1985
Desmana moschata Linnaeus 1758 [Russian desman]
†Desmana nehringi Kormos 1913
†Desmana pontica Schreuder 1940
†Desmana pyrenaica Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1811
†Desmana thermalis Kormos 1930
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Invalid names: Desmagale pannonica Kretzoi 1953 [synonym], Desmana crassidens Kretzoi 1953 [synonym], Desmana tegelensis Schreuder 1940 [synonym]
†Desmana verestchagini Topachevski 1961
†Desmana verestchagini amutriensis Radulescu et al. 1989
Invalid names: Caprios Wagler 1830 [synonym], Desmagale Kretzoi 1953 [synonym], Desman Lacepede 1799 [synonym], Desmanus Rafinesque 1815 [synonym], Mygale Cuvier 1800 [synonym], Myogale Brandt 1836 [synonym], Myogalea Fischer 1829 [synonym], Palaeospalax Owen 1846 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available