Galemys

Galemys; Temporal range: Early Pliocene - Recent
	Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Talpidae
Tribe:	Desmanini
Genus:	Galemys; Kaup, 1829
Type species
	Mygale pyrenaica; Geoffroy, 1811
Species
	Galemys pyrenaicus; †Galemys kormosi; †Galemys semseyi; †Galemys sulimskii;

Galemys is a genus of mole containing the living Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) and several fossil species.^[2]

Many of these extinct species were far more widespread than the living species; for example, the Early Pleistocene Galemys kormosi was found in freshwater habitats throughout much of Europe, including the British Isles.^[3] Galemys probably evolved in the Early Pliocene from a species in the extinct genus Archaeodesmana.

References

^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Genus Galemys". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ "Galemys". Biolib.
^ Queiroz, Ana Isabel (1996). Status and Conservation of Desmaninae in Europe: Issues 18-76. Council of Europe Publishing. p. 9.

[msw3-1] Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Genus Galemys". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[2] "Galemys". Biolib.

[3] Queiroz, Ana Isabel (1996). Status and Conservation of Desmaninae in Europe: Issues 18-76. Council of Europe Publishing. p. 9.

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