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Encyclopedia > Castoroides
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Giant Beavers
Fossil range: Late Pliocene - Late Pleistocene
Castoroides ohioensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Castoridae
Genus: Castoroides
Foster, 1838
Species

Castoroides leiseyorum
Castoroides ohioensis The Pliocene epoch (spelled Pleiocene in some older texts) is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5. ... The Pleistocene epoch (IPA: ) is part of the geologic timescale. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2112x1176, 543 KB) Giant beaver (Castoroides ohioensis) skeleton on display at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois. ... Binomial name Castoroides ohioensis The Giant Beaver (Castoroides ohioensis) was a huge species of rodent, with a length up to 2. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Animalia redirects here. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... Subclasses Subclass Allotheria* Order Docodonta (extinct) Order Multituberculata (extinct) Order Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Order Triconodonta (extinct) Order Volaticotheria (extinct) Subclass Prototheria Order Monotremata Subclass Theria Infraclass Trituberculata (extinct) Infraclass Metatheria Infraclass Eutheria Mammals are a class of vertebrate animals characterized by the production of milk in females for the nourishment of... Suborders Sciuromorpha Castorimorpha Myomorpha Anomaluromorpha Hystricomorpha Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents. ... Genera †Eocastoroides †Steneofiber †Neatocastor †Asiacastor †Youngofiber †Trogontherium †Eucastor †Schreuderia †Dipoides †Boreofiber †Romanocastor †Zamolxifiber †Procastoroides †Castoroides †Paradipoides †Agnotocastor †Capacikala †Pseudopalaeocastor †Fossorcastor †Euhapsis †Propalaeocastor †Palaeomys †Palaeocastor †Hystricops Castor The family Castoridae contains the two living species of beaver and their fossil relatives. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... Binomial name Castoroides ohioensis The Giant Beaver (Castoroides ohioensis) was a huge species of rodent, with a length up to 2. ...

Castoroides is an extinct genus of giant beavers that lived in North America during the Pleistocene. There are two known species: Species C. canadensis C. fiber Beavers are semi-aquatic rodents native to North America and Europe. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... The Pleistocene epoch (IPA: ) is part of the geologic timescale. ...


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Castoroid (433 words)
Castoroides had much shorter limb proportions which made maneuvering its bulk on dry land slow and awkward.
Castoroides teeth were longer and blunter at the tips with prominent ridges in the enamel.
Grooves in the skull were the nerves passed through also seem to indicate that castoroides had very poor vision but an excellent sense of smell that surpassed today's beaver.
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