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
           Desmana moschata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Russian desman