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FAMILY Castoridae
Author: | Hemprich, 1820. | Citation: | Grundriss Naturgesch.: 33. | Comments: | Generally placed as the sole extant family of the sciurognath infraorder Castorimorpha (Carleton, 1984; McKenna and Bell, 1997), beavers are probably most closely allied to geomyoid rodents (Geomyidae + Heteromyidae; see Murphy et al., 2001a; Montgelard et al., 2002). There are a number of additional fossil synonyms that do not refer to crown-group beavers (McKenna and Bell, 1997). |
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| Offspring: GENUS Castor SPECIES canadensis SPECIES fiber | Synonyms:
Castorini Giebel, 1855 Castorida Haeckel, 1866 Castoroidea Gill, 1872
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