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[1] 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.

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