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  2. Castoroides - Wikipedia

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    Castoroides (Latin: "beaver" (castor), "like" (oides) [2]), or the 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.

  3. Tulare Lake - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, a documentary titled Tulare, the Phantom Lake: Drought was released and in 2022, a second part to the same documentary was released. They were both directed and produced by Christopher Beaver. [57] [58] In 2024, author Greg Collins published a book about the lake titled Seven Generations; the Past, Present, and Future of the Tulare ...

  4. Castoridae - Wikipedia

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    Skull of a beaver. Castoridae is a family of rodents that contains the two living species of beavers and their fossil relatives. A formerly diverse group, only a single genus is extant today, Castor. Two other genera of "giant beavers", Castoroides and Trogontherium, became extinct in the Late Pleistocene.

  5. Yes, beavers can help stop wildfires. And more places in ...

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    A vast burn scar unfolds in drone footage of a landscape seared by massive wildfires north of Lake Tahoe. ... Native to much of California, beavers were hunted to near extinction throughout North ...

  6. Beavers, back on tribal land after 100 years, could aid ... - AOL

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    The Tule River Indian Tribe and state wildlife crews reintroduced nine beavers to their natural habitat in the Sierra. Beavers, back on tribal land after 100 years, could aid California's fragile ...

  7. Beaver in the Sierra Nevada - Wikipedia

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    North American beaver on the bank of the Lower Kern River. California Golden beaver taken from Snelling, California (elevation 256 ft or 78 m and Waterford, California (elevation 51 ft or 16 m) were stocked in 1940 at Mather Station (elevation 4,522 ft or 1,378 m) west of Yosemite National Park and in 1944 at Fish Camp (elevation 5,062 ft or 1,543 m) by the California Department of Fish and ...

  8. California aims to tap beavers, once viewed as a nuisance, to ...

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    California Embracing Beavers. A beaver swims in Napa Creek, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Napa, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) ... are found in much smaller numbers than they once were ...

  9. List of mammals of California - Wikipedia

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    One species of beaver occurs in California. American beaver, Castor canadensis (harvest) Order: Rodentia Family: Geomyidae. Five species of pocket gophers occur in California. Botta's pocket gopher, Thomomys bottae; Western pocket gopher, Thomomys mazama; Mountain pocket gopher, Thomomys monticola; Northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides