Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872 see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                 Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821
                   Superfamily Soricoidea Fischer, 1814
                     Family Talpidae Batsch, 1788 - moles, shrew moles and desmans
                       Subfamily Desmaninae Mivart, 1871 - desmans see Tribe Desmanini Thomas, 1912
                         1 Genus Desmana Güldenstaedt, 1777 - Russian desman
                         2 Genus Galemys Kaup, 1829 - Pyrenean desman