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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.
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.
The North American beaver (Castor canadensis) is an invasive species in Tierra del Fuego, at the southern end of Patagonia. Tierra del Fuego is a large island encompassing parts of Chile and Argentina , so that policies and actions to control the species have mainly been binational.
At 90–113 kilograms (198–249 lb), 40% larger than the living capybara, [1] N. pinckneyi is one of the largest rodent species ever discovered, surpassed only by Josephoartigasia monesi, several species of Phoberomys, and possibly the Pleistocene giant beaver. [2] Remains have been found in southern North America, from Arizona to Florida to ...
People or domestic animals who have had recent direct contact with a beaver in the area or an unusual interaction along with direct contact with wildlife in the area should call DBCH at 845-486 ...
Her past research has found that beavers create wildfire refuges: unburned or lightly crisped islands where plants and animals are able to survive amid flames. But there was some question as to ...
Parks officials in Harkers Island, North Carolina, were mystified on Thursday, May 2, after they discovered a beaver “on a beach vacation” blowing bubbles in the seawater.Footage posted to the ...
Giant beaver may refer to: Castoroides, an extinct Pleistocene genus of beavers from North America; Trogontherium, an extinct Pleistocene genus of beavers from Eurasia