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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.
During the Ice Age, Illinois was subject to glacial activity. At the time the state was home to creatures like giant beavers, mammoths, mastodons, and stag mooses. Paleontology has a long history in the State of Illinois, stretching at least as far back as the 1850s, when the first Mazon Creek fossils were being found.
Trogontherium cuvieri grew larger than living beavers , with a skull up to 21 centimetres (8.3 in) in length, but was smaller than Castoroides. The incisors are covered in fine longitudinal grooves, and have a convex enamel face. The cheek teeth are high crowned. The sagittal suture of the skull is flanked by two deep depressions.
To fully explain why beavers slap their tails we need to look at their social structures. They live in colonies of around 8 to 12 individuals and form strong family bonds.
Giant beaver may refer to: Castoroides , an extinct Pleistocene genus of beavers from North America Trogontherium , an extinct Pleistocene genus of beavers from Eurasia
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Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician giant trilobite Isotelus. †Isotelus †Isotelus gigas †Isotelus maximus †Kionoceras †Latzelia – type locality for genus †Latzelia primordialis – type locality for species †Lepidodendron †Lepidodendron aculeatum †Lepidophyllum †Lepidostrobus †Lichas †Lingula †Liroceras; Lithophaga ...