Castoridae
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Castoridae is a family of rodents that contains the two living species of beavers and their fossil relatives. A formerly diverse group, only a single genus is extant today, Castor. Two other genera of "giant beavers", Castoroides and Trogontherium, became extinct in the Late Pleistocene.
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Castoridae | |
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North American beaver, Castor canadensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Superfamily: | Castoroidea |
Family: | Castoridae Hemprich, 1820 |
Type genus | |
Castor Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Genera | |
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