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Taxon: Genus Desmana Güldenstaedt, 1777 - Russian desman (mammal)

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Original name	:			Güldenstaedt, 1777:108.
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Types

Type of	:	*Desmaninae* (Subfamily) Mivart, 1871
Type of	:	*Desmanini* (Tribe) Thomas, 1912		Ref: R. Hutterer, 2005: 303. [implicit]
Type, by original designation	:	*Desmana moschata* (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

Synonymous name	:	*Caprios* (Genus) Wagler, 1830		Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	†*Desmagale* (Genus) Kretzoi, 1954		Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Desman* (Genus) de Lacepède, 1799		Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Desmanus* (Genus) Rafinesque, 1815		Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Mygale* (Genus) Cuvier, 1800		Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Myogale* (Genus) Brandt, 1836		Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Myogalea* (Genus) Fischer, 1829		Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Palaeospalax* (Genus) Owen, 1844		Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

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Russian desman

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