Eucastor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

References

  1. ↑ William Henry Flower; Richard Lydekker (1891). An Introduction to the Study of Mammals Living and Extinct. A. and C. Black. p. 458. Eucastor extinct.
  2. ↑ T. S. Palmer (1904). "Index Generum Mammalium". North American Fauna. Fish and Wildlife Service (23): 272. doi:10.3996/nafa.23.0001.
  3. ↑ Olson, Everett Claire (1940). "Cranial Foramina of North American Beavers". Journal of Paleontology. 14 (5): 495–501. ISSN 0022-3360.
  • 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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