Back Desmostylus Catalan Desmostylus Spanish דסמוסטילוס HE Desmostylus Italian デスモスチルス Japanese Desmostylus Dutch Desmostylus hesperus Portuguese Десмостилюсы Russian Desmostylus Ukrainian 索齒獸 Chinese
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Desmostylia |
| Family: | †Desmostylidae |
| Genus: | †Desmostylus Marsh 1888 |
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Desmostylus[1] is an extinct genus of herbivorous mammal of the family Desmostylidae living from the Chattian stage of the Late Oligocene subepoch through the Late Miocene subepoch (28.4 mya–7.250 Mya) and in existence for approximately 21.2 million years.[2]
- ^ "bound pillar", from Greek δεσμός (desmos), bond, and στῦλος (stulos), pillar, referring to the shape of the molars.
- ^ Desmostylus in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved March 2013.
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