Galemys
| Galemys | |
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| Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Tribe: | Desmanini |
| Genus: | Galemys Kaup, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Mygale pyrenaica[1] Geoffroy, 1811 | |
| Species | |
Galemys is a genus of mole containing the living Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) and several fossil species.[2]
Many of these extinct species were far more widespread than the living species; for example, the Early Pleistocene Galemys kormosi was found in freshwater habitats throughout much of Europe, including the British Isles.[3] Galemys probably evolved in the Early Pliocene from a species in the extinct genus Archaeodesmana.
References
[edit]- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Genus Galemys". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ "Galemys". Biolib.
- ^ Queiroz, Ana Isabel (1996). Status and Conservation of Desmaninae in Europe: Issues 18-76. Council of Europe Publishing. p. 9.
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