Galemys
Temporal range: Early Pliocene - Recent
Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Galemys". Biolib.
  3. ^ Queiroz, Ana Isabel (1996). Status and Conservation of Desmaninae in Europe: Issues 18-76. Council of Europe Publishing. p. 9.
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