Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 Family Talpidae Batsch, 1788 - moles, shrew moles and desmans Subfamily Desmaninae Mivart, 1871 - desmans see Tribe Desmanini Thomas, 1912 Genus Desmana Güldenstaedt, 1777 - Russian desman 1 Desmana moschata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Russian desman