Order Soricomorpha Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 220 311 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Desmanini Thomas 1912 Desmanini Thomas 1912 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 10: 397 . Synonyms: Myaladae Gray 1821 ; Myogalina Bonaparte 1837 ; Mygalina Pomel 1848 ; Myogalidae A. Milne-Edwards 1868 ; Myogalinae Gill 1875 ; Myogalini Winge 1917 . Genera: 2 genera with 2 species: Genus Desmana Guldenstaedt 1777 (1 species) Genus Galemys Kaup 1829 (1 species with 2 subspecies) Discussion: Commonly regarded as a subfamily, sometimes even as a separate family; see Barabasch-Nikiforow (1975). Hutchinson (1974) concluded that Desmaninae and Talpidae were separated since the Eocene. Taxonomy of fossil and extant taxa reviewed by Rümke (1985). Distribution and status reviewed by Queiroz et al. (1996) .