Castor californicus
Castor californicus is an extinct species of beaver that lived in western North America from the end of the Miocene to the early Pleistocene.[2] The species was similar to but larger than the extant North American beaver, C. canadensis.[4]
| Castor californicus Temporal range: late Miocene to early Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Castoridae |
| Genus: | Castor |
| Species: | †C. californicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Castor californicus Kellogg, 1911[1] | |
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| Sites of C. californicus finds | |
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References
- Kellogg, Louise (1911). "A Fossil Beaver from the Kettleman Hills, California". Bulletin of the Department of Geology. University of California Publications. 6 (17): 401–402.
- "The Paleobiology Database - Castor californicus". Retrieved 2007-09-30.
- Hay, Oliver P. (1927). The Pleistocene of the Western Region of North America and its Vertebrated Animals. Carnegie Institution of Washington. pp. 266–267.
- Kurtén, B. & E. Anderson (1980). Pleistocene Mammals of North America. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 236–237. ISBN 0-231-03733-3.
Further reading
- Repenning, Charles A.; Weasma, Ted R.; Scott, George R. (1995). "Castor californicus Kellogg, 1911". The Early Pleistocene (Latest Blancan-Earliest Irvingtonian) Froman Ferry Fauna and History of the Glenns Ferry Formation, Southwestern Idaho. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin. 2105. Washington: United States Government Printing Office. pp. 26–27.
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