Desmana moschata (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 303

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scientific name

Desmana moschata (Linnaeus 1758)
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[Castor] moschata Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 59.

Type Locality: "Habitat in Russiae aquosis." .

Vernacular Names: Desman.

Synonyms: Desmana moschatus Linnaeus 1958 ; Desmana moscovitica (Geoffroy 1811) .

Distribution: Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan; Don, Volga, and Ural Rivers and their tributaries; introduced into Tachan and Tartas Rivers (Ob basin) and Dnepr River. Almost extinct in Belarus.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Borodin (1963), Barabash-Nikiforov (1968, 1975), Khakhin and Ivanov (1990), and Queiroz et al. (1996) reviewed the morphology, distribution and ecology of the species. Dental formula discussed by Kawada et al. (2002 c).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Talpidae

Genus

Desmana

Loc

Desmana moschata (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Castor] moschata

Linnaeus 1758: 59
1758
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