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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.
In 2007, the world's largest beaver dam – about 850-metre (2,790 ft) in length – was discovered in the park using satellite imagery. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] [ 28 ] The dam, at 58°16.3′N 112°15.1′W / 58.2717°N 112.2517°W / 58.2717; -112.2517 , [ 29 ] about 200 kilometres (120 mi) from Fort Chipewyan, had only been sighted by ...
Beaver dams typically range in length from a few meters to about 100 metres (330 ft). [6] Canals can be over 0.5 kilometres (1,600 ft) long. [7] The largest known beaver dam is in Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta, Canada, and is 775 metres (2,543 ft) long. [8]
This is a list of the largest rodents. Rank Common name Scientific name Status ... North American beaver: Castor canadensis: Extant: 50 kg (110 lb) 5: Lesser capybara:
North American beaver skeleton (Museum of Osteology) Lithograph of a Canadian beaver, 1819. The beaver is the largest rodent in North America and competes with its Eurasian counterpart, the European beaver, for being the third-largest in the world, both following the South American capybara and lesser capybara. The European species is slightly ...
A beaver's lips can close behind the incisors, preventing water from entering their mouths as they cut and bite onto things while submerged. [30] [31] The fore foot, hind foot, and tail of a beaver Beaver tail and footprints on snow. The beaver's front feet are dexterous, allowing them to grasp and manipulate objects and food, as well as dig.
The following table lists the largest man-made dams by volume of fill/structure. By general definition, a dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams, hence tailings dams are relegated to a separate list. Data on volume of structure is not as easily available or reliable as data on dam height and reservoir volume.
Built in 1924, The Bottle, also known as the Nehi Inn, was one of the first "world's largest" roadside attractions. Despite the attraction itself being destroyed by fire in 1933, the community of The Bottle, Alabama still bears the name of its famous attraction.