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Castor (beaver)
Taxonomy
Castor was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was assigned to Glires by Linnaeus (1758); to Palmipeda by Illiger (1811); to Castorina by Gray (1825); to Rodentia by Leidy (1860); to Castorinae by Rybczynski (2007); and to Castoridae by Hay (1902), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Shoshani et al. (1989), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Albright et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Glires by Linnaeus (1758); to Palmipeda by Illiger (1811); to Castorina by Gray (1825); to Rodentia by Leidy (1860); to Castorinae by Rybczynski (2007); and to Castoridae by Hay (1902), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Shoshani et al. (1989), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Albright et al. (2019).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Castor Linnaeus p. 58 |
1811 | Castor Illiger p. 89 |
1825 | Castor Gray p. 341 |
1860 | Castor Leidy p. 111 |
1902 | Castor Hay p. 721 |
1967 | Castor Wilson p. 209 |
1980 | Castor Kurten and Anderson p. 237 |
1989 | Castor Shoshani et al. p. 436 |
1997 | Castor McKenna and Bell |
2007 | Castor Rybczynski p. 7 |
2019 | Castor Albright et al. p. 158 |
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G. Castor Linnaeus 1758 [beaver]
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Subg. †Castor (Eucastor) Leidy 1858
†Castor anderssoni Schlosser 1924
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 [American beaver]
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian beaver]
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Invalid names: Castor plicidens Major 1874 [synonym], Castor praefiber Deperet 1890 [synonym]
†Castor jaegeri Kaup 1839
†Castor peninsulatus Cope 1881
†Castor veterior Lankester 1864
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Dunn and Rasmussen 2007, Ji et al. 2002 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turolian to the top of the Holocene or 8.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Collections (199 total)
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Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Tortonian | Ukraine (Odessa) | Castor fiber (75798) | |
Tortonian | Moldova | Castor fiber (75802 75803) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Washington) | Castor sp. (232055) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Oregon) | Castor californicus (19015) Castor sp. (18970 19116) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Castor californicus (18323) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Castor californicus (18126 18247 18359) | |
Turolian | Spain (Andalusia) | Castor sp. (36108) | |
Turolian | Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') | Castor sp. (174455) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Greece (Dodecannese) | Castor fiber (184242) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Kazakhstan | Castor fiber (76289) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Castor anderssoni (75300) | |
Ruscinian | Greece (Macedonia) | Castor fiber (35086 35087 35088) | |
Ruscinian | Spain (Aragon) | Castor sp. (32104) | |
Pliocene | Ukraine (Odessa) | Castor fiber (76551) | |
Pliocene | Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') | Castor sp. (39409) | |
Pliocene | Ukraine | Castor fiber (76503) | |
Pliocene | Romania (Moldova) | Castor praefiber (39622) | |
Pliocene | Romania | Castor praefiber (40113) Castor sp. (40130) | |
Pliocene | China | Sinocastor anderssoni (13485) | |
Pliocene | USA (Idaho) | Castor californicus (181255 189134) |