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Castor fiber (Eurasian beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Taxonomy
Castor fiber was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. issiodorensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Castor fiber Linnaeus p. 58
1874Castor plicidens Major
1890Castor praefiber Deperet
1902Castor fiber Hay p. 721
1911Castor fiber Thomas p. 146
1982Castor fiber van de Weerd et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyCastoroideaGray 1821
familyCastoridae
subfamilyCastorinae
genusCastor
speciesfiber

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian beaver]
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Invalid names: Castor plicidens Major 1874 [synonym], Castor praefiber Deperet 1890 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-05-12 18:11:16
Modified: 2011-05-12 03:11:16
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Dunn and Rasmussen 2007, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova Castor fiber (75802 75803)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) Castor fiber (75798)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kazakhstan Castor fiber (76289)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Dodecannese) Castor fiber (184242)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece (Macedonia) Castor fiber (35086 35087 35088)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ukraine (Odessa) Castor fiber (76551)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania (Moldova) Castor praefiber (39622)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ukraine Castor fiber (76503)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania Castor praefiber (40113) Castor sp. (40130)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Castor praefiber (36104)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Tuscany) Castor plicidens (49240)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Romania Castor plicidens (39846)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Castor fiber (199747)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Slovakia Castor fiber (41025 41026 41027)
Pleistocene - Neogene2.588 - 2.58Greece Castor fiber (34607)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Rhone-Alpes) Castor plicidens (47150)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Turkey Castor fiber (39314)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Thüringen) Castor fiber (43020 45065 45085)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands Castor fiber (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania Castor plicidens (39865 39866)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Castor plicidens (42867)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Castor fiber (50274)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Castilla-Leon) Castor fiber (34916)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Czech Republic Castor fiber (35907)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Castilla-Leon) Castor fiber (34872)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Thuringia) Castor fiber (22728)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Castor fiber (34940)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Castor fiber (34870)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Castor fiber (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) Castor fiber (40808)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Romania Castor fiber (40260)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic Castor fiber (36214)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Peloponnesos) Castor fiber (200080 200081 200082)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Suffolk) Castor fiber (49814)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece Castor fiber (187637 194475 194477)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Castor fiber (50199 50259)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Valencia) Castor fiber (221420 221421)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Castor fiber (49999 50196 50198)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Bayern) Castor fiber (36220)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Castor fiber (36206)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkey (Central Anatolia) Castor fiber (34368)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (La Rioja) Castor fiber (189976)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Castor fiber (197461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0North Atlantic Castor fiber (102954)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Castor fiber (171637)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Castor fiber (55533 122115)