- Pyrenean Desman
Taxobox
name = Pyrenean DesmanMSW3 Hutterer | pages = 303]
status = VU
trend = down
status_system = iucn2.3
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Insectivore Specialist Group | year = 1996 | id = 8826 | title = Galemys pyrenaicus | downloaded =2006-05-11 Listed as Vulnerable (VU B1+2c v2.3)]
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Soricomorpha
familia =Talpidae
subfamilia =Talpinae
tribus=Desmanini
genus = "Galemys"
genus_authority = Kaup, 1829
species = "G. pyrenaicus"
binomial = "Galemys pyrenaicus"
binomial_authority = (É. Geoffroy, 1811)The Pyrenean Desman ("Galemys pyrenaicus") is a small
semi-aquatic mammal that lives in thePyrenees to theIberian peninsula . The Pyrenean Desman is the only species within the genus "Galemys". The Pyrenean Desman lives in the wetlands and temperate areas.fact|date=December 2007This mole lives in pairs. It is 11 to 16 cm long with a tail of 12 to 16 cm. It weighs 35 to 80 g. The Pyrenean Desman can live at least 3.5 years.
References
External links
*ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Galemys_pyrenaicus/ images and movies of the Pyrenean desman "(Galemys pyrenaicus)"]
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