Castoroides
Extinct genus of beaver / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Castoroides (Latin: "beaver" (castor), "like" (oides)[2]), or giant beaver, is an extinct genus of enormous, bear-sized beavers that lived in North America during the Pleistocene. Two species are currently recognized, C. dilophidus in the Southeastern United States and C. ohioensis in most of North America. C. leiseyorum was previously described from the Irvingtonian age but is now regarded as an invalid name. All specimens previously described as C. leiseyorum are considered to belong to C. dilophidus.
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Giant beavers | |
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Castoroides ohioensis specimen at the Field Museum | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Castoridae |
Subfamily: | †Castoroidinae |
Tribe: | †Castoroidini |
Genus: | †Castoroides Foster, 1838 |
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†Castoroides ohioensis | |
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