Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Castorinae according to N. Rybczynski 2007
See also Albright et al. 2019, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Illiger 1811, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1860, Linnaeus 1758, McKenna and Bell 1997, Shoshani et al. 1989 and Wilson 1967
Sister taxa: Hystricops, Propalaeocastor, Sinocastor, Steneofiber
Subtaxa: Castor (Eucastor) Castor anderssoni Castor californicus Castor canadensis Castor fiber Castor jaegeri Castor peninsulatus Castor veterior
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (8: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon collections), the Czech Republic (2), France (2), Germany (12), Greece (7), Hungary (1), Italy (4), the Netherlands (3), North Atlantic (1), Romania (4), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (6), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (68: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (25: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (2), Spain (1), United States (1: Montana)
• Pliocene of China (2), France (2), Germany (1), Greece (5), Hungary (1), Italy (3), Kazakhstan (1), Romania (4), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (3), Spain (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Idaho)
• Hemphillian of United States (8: Nebraska, Oregon, Washington)
• Miocene of Moldova (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 199 collections including 202 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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