- The Russian desman (Desmana moschata) (Russian: выхухоль vykhukhol') is a small semiaquatic mammal that inhabits the Volga, Don and Ural River basins in Russia...
- It can be found in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Russian desman inhabits slow moving rivers, streams, lakes and ponds, and occasionally brackish water.
- The Russian desman doesn’t look like any mammal you’ve seen before. It’s as blind as a mole, lives in water and has membranes like a platypus.
- Close relatives of the Russian desman are modern moles, with which the desman have many similar features in anatomy and biology.
- The Russian Desman, Bisamrüssler or Wychochol ( Desmana moschata ) is a mammal of the family of moles ( Talpidae ).
- Received: 30.03.2017. The population of the Russian desman in all historical areas is currently no more than 8000–10,000 individuals.
- The Russian desman hails from the Don, Ural, and Volga River basins in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine.
- The Russian desman is a small semiaquatic mammal that inhabits the Volga, Don and Ural River basins in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
- Food for the Khokhuli (so affectionately called the Russian desman in Russia) in the spring, summer and autumn period are leeches, crustaceans...
- See Russian desman. The closed way of life of the animal does not give a full opportunity to penetrate into its secrets, no matter how great the desire.
