Galemys pyrenaicus (E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1811)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 303

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scientific name	Galemys pyrenaicus (E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1811)
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[Mygale] pyrenaica E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1811 , Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 17: 193.

Type Locality: France, "Les montagnes pres de Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrenees)".

Vernacular Names: Pyrenean Desman.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Galemys pyrenaicus subsp. pyrenaicus E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1811

Subspecies Galemys pyrenaicus subsp. rufulus Graells 1897

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

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Includes rufulus as a possible subspecies; reviewed by Palmeirim and Hoffmann (1983, Mammalian Species No. 207) and Juckwer (1990). Karyotype has 2n = 42, FN = 68 ( Peyre, 1957).