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Desmans
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Desmans

Desmanini

Desmans are aquatic insectivores of the tribe Desmanini (also considered a subfamily, Desmaninae) in the mole family, Talpidae.

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2 branches of this tribe, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Galemys

genusGalemys

Desmana

genusDesmana

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 846347.