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Aplodontia rufa (mountain beaver)
Taxonomy
Anisonyx rufa was named by Rafinesque (1817). It is extant.
It was recombined as Aplodontia rufa by Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Carraway and Verts (1990).
It was recombined as Aplodontia rufa by Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Carraway and Verts (1990).
Subspecies
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1817 | Anisonyx rufa Rafinesque |
1829 | Aplodontia leporina Richardson |
1886 | Aplodontia major Merriam p. 316 |
1899 | Aplodontia olympica Merriam |
1899 | Aplodontia pacifica Merriam |
1899 | Aplodontia phaea Merriam |
1980 | Aplodontia rufa Kurten and Anderson p. 209 |
1990 | Aplodontia rufa Carraway and Verts p. 1 |
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Aplodontia rufa Rafinesque 1817 [mountain beaver]
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†Aplodontia major fossilis Sinclair 1905
Invalid names: Aplodontia leporina Richardson 1829 [synonym], Aplodontia major Merriam 1886 [synonym], Aplodontia pacifica Merriam 1899 [synonym], Aplodontia phaea Merriam 1899 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Lillegraven 1979, Dunn and Rasmussen 2007, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 |
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (4 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | Aplodontia major (155393) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Aplodontia major (93250) Aplodontia rufa (225801) Aplodontia rufa, Aplodontia major (74235) |