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Desman

Desman \Des"man\ (d[e^]s"man), n. [Cf. Sw. desman musk.] (Zo["o]l.) An amphibious, insectivorous mammal found in Russia ( Myogale moschata). It is allied to the moles, but is called muskrat by some English writers. [Written also d[ae]sman.]

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desman

n. Either of two species, (taxlink Desmana moschata species noshow=1) or (taxlink Galemys pyrenaicus species noshow=1), of aquatic or semi-aquatic insectivore of the mole family, Talpidae, found in Europe.

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Desman

The desman, a snouted and naked-tailed diving insectivore of the tribe Desmanini, belongs to one of two Eurasian species of the mole family, Talpidae.

This tribe consists of two monotypic genera of semiaquatic insectivores found in Europe; one in Russia and the other in the northwest of the Iberian peninsula and Pyrenees. Both species are considered to be vulnerable. They have webbed paws and their front paws are not well adapted for digging.

The list of species is:

  • Genus Desmana
    • Russian desman (D. moschata)
  • Genus Galemys
    • Pyrenean desman (G. pyrenaicus)

Galemys pyrenaicus MHNT.INS.29.jpg| Galemys pyrenaicus

Desman (disambiguation)

Desman may refer to:

  • Desman, a snouted and naked-tailed diving insectivore of the tribe Desmanini
    • Pyrenean desman
    • Russian desman, also known as Desmana
  • Shawn Desman, Canadian singer

Usage examples of "desman".

He had been so much taken up with encoding that he had not looked at a tenth part of his botany specimens nor even at all his birds and their parasites with anything like really close attention, and the thought of them brought him out of his cot at first light with that almost trembling or rather bubbling excitement he had known from very early days - his first sight of St Dabeoc's heath when he was seven, of a dell filled with Gold of Pleasure the next year, and of the Pyrenean desman (that rare ill-natured cousin to the shrew) only a few weeks after that!