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Castor canadensis (American beaver)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Taxonomy
Castor canadensis was named by Kuhl (1820). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. issiodorensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Castor canadensis Kuhl
1860Castor canadensis Leidy p. 111
1902Castor canadensis Hay p. 721
1967Castor canadensis Wilson p. 209
1980Castor canadensis Kurten and Anderson p. 238
2019Castor canadensis Albright et al. p. 158

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—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
speciescanadensisKuhl 1820

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 canadensis Kuhl 1820 [American beaver]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available