- Russian desman provide comfort to themselves by grooming. More specifically, scratching with hind feet, washing, biting out of nails, and biting out of fur.
- The Russian desman hails from the Don, Ural, and Volga River basins in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine.
- 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.
- Despite having quite a similarity with the rodent species of the Muskrat of North America, the Russian Desman is part of the mole family named Talpidae.
- The Russian Desman, Bisamrüssler or Wychochol ( Desmana moschata ) is a mammal of the family of moles ( Talpidae ).
- Close relatives of the Russian desman are modern moles, with which the desman have many similar features in anatomy and biology.
- The Russian desman is a small semiaquatic mammal that inhabits the Volga, Don and Ural River basins in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
- Basic facts about Russian Desman: lifespan, distribution and habitat map, lifestyle and social behavior, mating habits, diet and nutrition, population size and status.
- Received: 30.03.2017. The population of the Russian desman in all historical areas is currently no more than 8000–10,000 individuals.
