Galemys pyrenaicus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811)

Pyrenean Desman

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Talpidae
Subfamily : Talpinae
Tribe : Desmanini
Genus : Galemys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, vol. 17, 193

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14619439

Original name as described

Mygale pyrenaica

Other common names

Iberian Desman

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2011-15 (= MNHN ? 180)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2011-15

Type locality

"centrale de Tarbes," Pyrenees, France.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Portugal · Spain · France

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004309

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Mygale pyrenaica

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811)

Family

Talpidae

Root name

pyrenaicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2011-15 (= MNHN ? 180)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2011-15

Authority page

193

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14619439

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Smith (1842:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Galemys Pyrenaïcus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Talpidae

Root name

pyrenaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

88

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8826/214429993) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Galemys pyrenaicus pyrenaicus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Talpidae

Root name

pyrenaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Galemys pyrenaicus rufulus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Talpidae

Root name

rufulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Myogalea rufula

(Graells, 1897)

Family

Talpidae

Root name

rufulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

460

Authority publication

Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales

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