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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.
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 ...
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For the record: 5:38 p.m. Jan. 7, 2025: A previous version of this op-ed conflated $2 million allocated for beaver coexistence programs with the state’s relocation projects.The two are separate ...
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.
Beaver, 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] Castor californicus was first discovered in Kettleman Hills in California, United States. The species was similar to but larger than the extant North American beaver, C ...
Kate Lundquist, director of the WATER Institute at the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, said she expects California's changes will lead to fewer beavers killed in the state and a growth in ...
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