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Galemys pyrenaicus (Pyrenean desman)
Taxonomy
Galemys pyrenaicus was named by Geoffroy (1811). It is extant. It is the type species of Galemys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1811 | Galemys pyrenaicus Geoffroy |
| 1985 | Galemys pyrenaicus Rümke p. 169 |
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Galemys pyrenaicus Geoffroy 1811 [Pyrenean desman]
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. G. Rümke 1985 | The mean length of the p2 is about 1.49 mm, the mean length of the p3 is about 1.42 mm, the mean length of the p4 is about 1.61 mm; the p2/p3 ratio is about 1.05. The p1 is single rooted.
The mean length of the C is aobut 1.51 mm, the mean length of the P2 is about 1.58 mm, the mean length of the P3 is about 1.50 mm; the P2/P3 ratio is about 1.07. The P1 is single rooted. |
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Gingerich 2003, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available