Castoroides

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iGiant Beavers
Fossil range: Late Pliocene - Late Pleistocene
Castoroides ohioensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Castoridae
Genus: Castoroides
Foster, 1838
Species

Castoroides leiseyorum
Castoroides ohioensis

Castoroides is an extinct genus of giant beavers that lived in North America during the Pleistocene. There are two known species:

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