Castor californicus
| Castor californicus Temporal range: late Miocene to early Pleistocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Castoridae |
| Genus: | Castor |
| Species: | †C. californicus Kellogg, 1911 |
| Binomial name | |
| †Castor californicus | |
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| Sites of C. californicus finds | |
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Castor californicus is an extinct species of beaver that lived in western North America from the end of the Miocene to the early Pleistocene.[1] The species was similar to but larger than the extant North American beaver, C. canadensis.[2]
References
- 1 2 "The Paleobiology Database - Castor californicus". Retrieved 2007-09-30.
- ↑ Kurtén, B., and E. Anderson (1980). Pleistocene Mammals of North America. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 236–237. ISBN 0-231-03733-3.
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