Castoroides

Castoroides

Taxobox
name = Giant Beavers
fossil_range = Late Pliocene - Late Pleistocene


image_caption = "Castoroides ohioensis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Castoridae
subfamilia = †Castoroidinae
tribus = †Castoroidini
genus = †"Castoroides"
genus_authority = Foster, 1838
type_species = †"Castoroides ohioensis"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = †"Castoroides leiseyorum"
†"Castoroides ohioensis"

"Castoroides" is an extinct genus of giant beavers that lived in North America during the Pleistocene. There are two known species:
*"Castoroides leiseyorum" (in Florida)
*"Castoroides ohioensis" (also "Castoroides nebrascensis"; United States and Canada)


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