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Castoridae

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n.1.a natural family comprising the beavers.
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Noun1.Castoridae - beavers
family Castoridae
mammal family - a family of mammals
Sciuromorpha, suborder Sciuromorpha - large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.
genus Castor, Castor - type genus of the Castoridae: beavers
Castoroides, genus Castoroides - extinct beavers of the Pleistocene; of eastern and southern United States
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It's the only surviving member of the family Castoridae, which includes semi-aquatic rodents.
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FAMILY CASTORIDAE Castoroides ohioensis Foster Giant beaver BERRIEN COUNTY 1.
Recent discoveries of fossil vertebrates in the lower Peninsula of ... by Holman, J. Alan; Fisher, Daniel C.; Kapp, Ronald O. / Michigan Academician
SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY CLASS MAMMALIA ORDER RODENTIA FAMILY CASTORIDAE Castoroides ohioensis Foster, Giant Beaver Material--Right dentary with two molars and part of the incisor present (Figure 1).
New records of Michigan Pleistocene vertebrates with comments on the ... by Holman, J. Alan / Michigan Academician
 
 
 
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