Galemys pyrenaicus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811)

Pyrenean Desman

Also as Iberian Desman. Formerly Soricomorpha.
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Location:Spain, Aragon, Huesco province, Ebro valleyDate taken:Oct 22, 2011Description:Also as Iberian Desman. Formerly Soricomorpha.

Distribution :

Streams of the Pyrenees and the northern and central mountains of the Iberian Peninsula (France, Andorra, Spain and Portugal).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7787

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1811. Mémoire sur les espèces des genres Musaraigne et Mygale. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 16:169-194.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406990

Original name as described

Mygale pyrenaica

Other common names

Iberian Desman

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2011-15 (= MNHN:type:254) (= 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

France · Portugal · Spain

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004309

Country distribution map

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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.

Total: 12 names and synonyms.

Mygale pyrenaica

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811

Family

Talpidae

Root name

pyrenaicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2011-15 (= MNHN:type:254) (= MNHN "180")

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

aux pieds des Pyrénées, dans le voisinage de Tarbes

Type locality

France: Hautes-Pyrénées.

Type specimen URI

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

Authority page

193

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406990

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1811:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406990) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67764)
Ranzani (1820:223, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807803) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
Desmarest (1821:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Schinz (1821:187, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528944) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Lesson (1827:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Burnett (1830:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
Blyth (1840:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
Smith (1842:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
Chenu (1852:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14470740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69491)
Dallas (1855:491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49123)
Elera (1895:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853928) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)
Acloque (1900:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Myogalea Pyrenaica:

J. B. Fischer, 1829

Family

Talpidae

Root name

pyrenaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

251

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Sorex pyrenaïcus:

de Blainville, 1838

Family

Talpidae

Root name

pyrenaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

740

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27514349

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Blainville (1838:740, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27514349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68639)

Mygale Pyrenaïcus:

de Blainville, 1840

Family

Talpidae

Root name

pyrenaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991379

Authority publication

Ostéographie

Name usages

Blainville (1840:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57991379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37124)

Galemys Pyrenaïcus:

Lesson, 1842

Family

Talpidae

Root name

pyrenaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

88

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Miller (1912:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Corbet & Hill (1980:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Rümke (1985:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7515)
Corbet & Hill (1991:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hutterer (1993:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8826/214429993) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Galemys pyrenaica:

Bonaparte, 1845

Family

Talpidae

Root name

pyrenaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573716

Authority publication

Milan

Name usages

Bonaparte (1845:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)

Myogale pyrenaica:

Giebel, 1855

Family

Talpidae

Root name

pyrenaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

907

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549098

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Giebel (1855:907, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549098) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
Murray (1866:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Mivart (1868:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72464)
Dobson (1883:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61620)
Schulze (1897:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)
Seabra (1900:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68463)
Trouessart (1904:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Myogalea rufula

Graells, 1897

Family

Talpidae

Root name

rufulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

orillas del río Balsaín, por encima de la venta de los Mosquitos

Type locality

Spain: Castile and León: Segovia.

Authority page

460

Authority publication

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

Myogale pyrenaïca rufula:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Talpidae

Root name

rufulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422975

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Galemys pyrenaicus pyrenaicus:

G. S. Miller, 1912

Family

Talpidae

Root name

pyrenaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421322

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Miller (1912:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

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