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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
—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
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