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Desmana (Russian desman)

Mammalia - Talpidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Desmana Guldenstaedt
1799Desman Lacepede
1800Mygale Cuvier pp. table 1
1815Desmanus Rafinesque
1825Mygale Gray p. 339
1829Myogalea Fischer
1830Caprios Wagler
1836Myogale Brandt p. 176
1846Palaeospalax Owen
1953Desmagale Kretzoi
1967Desmagale Van Valen
1967Desmana Van Valen
1968Desmana Kurten p. 48
1988Desmana Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyTalpoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyTalpidae(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
genusDesmanaGuldenstaedt 1777

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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Desmana inflata Rümke 1985
Desmana kowalskae Rümke 1985
Desmana moschata Linnaeus 1758 [Russian desman]
Desmana nehringi Kormos 1913
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