After Nowak, 1991, McKenna & Bell, 1997, Martín-Suárez, Bendala & Freudenthal, 2001 and Ziegler, 2003

<==o Desmaninae Mivart, 1871 [non Thomas, 1912] (diving moles; vesimaamyyrät)
   |-- †Mygatalpa arvernensis Schreuder, 1940
   |-- †Asthenoscapter meini Hutchison, 1974
   |--o †Desmanella Engesser, 1972; Olig. L. Plio. Eu. [is an Urotrichine? (Ziegler, 2003)]
   |  |-- †D. amasyae Engesser, 1980
   |  |-- †D. cingulata Engesser, 1980
   |  |-- †D. crusafonti Rümke, 1974
   |  |-- †D. dubia Rümke, 1976
   |  |-- †D. engesseri Ziegler, 1985
   |  |-- †D. fejfari Gibert, 1974
   |  |-- †D. gardiolensis Crochet, 1986
   |  |-- †D. gudrunae van den Hoek Ostende & Fejfar, 2006
   |  |-- †D. quinquecuspidata Mayr & Fahlbusch, 1975
   |  |-- †D. rietscheli Storch & Dahlmann, 2000
   |  |-- †D. sickenbergi Engesser, 1980
   |  `-- †D. stehlini Engesser, 1972
   |--o †Mygalea Schreuder, 1940
   |  |-- †M. antiqua (Pomel, 1848)
   |  |-- †M. magna Ziegler, 1990
   |  `-- †M. jaegeri (Seemann, 1938)
   |-- †Lemoynea biradicularis Bown, 1980
   |-- †Praedesmana
   |-- †Pliodesmana
   |-- †Mygalinia hungarica (Kormos, 1913) Schreuder, 1940
   |-- †Galemodesmana
   `--+--o †Archaeodesmana Topachevskiy & Pashkov, 1983 [Dibolia Rümke, 1985; Desmana: Ruemkelia Rzebik-Kolowska & Pawlowski, 1994]
      |  |-- †A. baetica Martín-Suárez, Bendala & Freudenthal, 2001
      |  |-- †A. pontica (Schreuder, 1940) [type of Archaeodesmana]
      |  |-- †A. vinea (Storch, 1978)
      |  |-- †A. turolensis (Rümke, 1985) [Dibolia]
      |  |-- †A. adroveri (Rümke, 1985) [Dibolia]
      |  |-- †A. luteyni (Rümke, 1985) [Dibolia]
      |  |-- †A. major (Rümke, 1985) [Dibolia]
      |  |-- †A. dekkersi (Rümke, 1985) [Dibolia]
      |  |-- †A. brailloni (Rümke, 1985) [Dibolia]
      |  |-- †A. bifida (Engesser, 1980) [Desmana]
      |  `-- †A. verestchagini (Topachevskiy, 1963) [Desmana]
      `--+--o Desmana Güldenstaedt, 1777 [incl. †Desmagale Kretzoi, 1953]
         |  |-- †D. inflata Rümke, 1985
         |  |-- †D. kowalskae Rümke, 1985
         |  |-- D. moschata Linnaeus, 1758 (desmiini; piisamimaamyyrä)
         |  |-- †D. nehringi Kormos, 1913
         |  |-- †D. thermalis Kormos, 1930 [Desmagale pannonica Kretzoi, 1953; Desmana crassidens Kretzoi, 1953; Desmana tegelensis Schreuder, 1940]
         |  `-- †D. verestchagini Topachevski, 1961 [Desmana verestchagini amutriensis Radulescu et al., 1989]
         `--o Galemys Kaup, 1829
            |-- †G. kormosi (Schreuder, 1940)
            |-- G. pyrenaicus Geoffroy, 1811 (vesimaamyyrä)
            |-- †G. semseyi Kormos, 1913
            `-- †G. sulimskii Rümke, 1985

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