desmans

Updated: June 7, 2025

A species that inhabits the Pyrenees, and also the mountains of Russia, are called Desmans, and differ somewhat from the ordinary shrew-mice. They are aquatic in their habits; and their burrows always enter the ground below the level of the water.

Mayne Reid - Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found: A Book of Zoology for Boys