Desmaninae

The Desmaninae are one of the three subfamilies Talpidae with the Talpinae (moles) and the Uropsilinae (moles of China).

The desmans have as watery or semi-watery small common characteristics to be Mammifère S having adopted a food mode watery Insectivore .

In their particular morphology, one can notice their formidable aptitude to swim conferred by Patte S before webbed contrary to the Taupe S which use these legs to dig as well as back legs which their are used as rudder supplemented by a tail punt the such beaver, they have also as a characteristic to be equipped with small a Trompe for the place of the Nez, This proboscis highly developed compensates for its very bad sight: it is used to him of shovel, nose and radar, because it passes the major part of its time to seek insects, larvae and eggs of fish and stirring up the bottom of water with its horn.

The subfamily of the desmans includes/understands two kinds (each of only one Espèce):

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