Biology:Eucastor

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Short description: Extinct genus of rodents

Eucastor
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Castoridae
Tribe: Nothodipoidini
Genus: Eucastor
Leidy, 1858

Eucastor is an extinct genus of beaver-grouped rodents.[1][2]

Based on the available evidence of the foramina, Eucastor most likely is closely related to Castor, but not in its direct lineage.[3]

It has two species, the type Eucastor (formerlly Castor) tortus, and E. malheurensis[4]

References

  • McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN:0-231-11013-8

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