Kellogg's Beaver

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Kellogg's Beaver
Fossil range: late Miocene to early Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Castoridae
Genus: Castor
Species: †C. californicus
Kellogg, 1911
Binomial name
†Castor californicus
Synonyms

†Castor accessor Hay, 1927[1]

Kellogg's Beaver (Castor californicus) was a species of beaver that lived in western North America from the end of the Miocene to the early Pleistocene.[1] The species was similar to but larger than the living American Beaver (Castor canadensis).[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b The Paleobiology Database - Castor californicus. Retrieved on 2007-09-30.
  2. ^ Kurtén, B. and E. Anderson (1980). Pleistocene Mammals of North America. Columbia University Press, pp.236-237. ISBN: 0231037333. 
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