Pyrenean desman
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The Pyrenean desman or Iberian desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) is a small semiaquatic, globally threatened mammal related to moles and shrews, and, along with the Russian desman (Desmana moschata), is one of the two extant members of the tribe Desmanini.[2][3] The species occurs in north and central parts of Spain and Portugal, French Pyrenees, and Andorra,[2] but severe range contractions have been documented across its geographic distribution.[4]
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Pyrenean desman[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Talpidae |
Genus: | Galemys |
Species: | G. pyrenaicus |
Binomial name | |
Galemys pyrenaicus (É. Geoffroy, 1811) | |
Galemys pyrenaicus pyrenaicus
Galemys pyrenaicus rufulus |
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