Castoroides (from Latin "castor" (beaver) and "oides" (like) [2]), or the giant beaver, is an extinct genus of enormous, bear-sized beavers that lived in North America during the Pleistocene. Two species are currently recognized, C. dilophidus in the Southeastern United States and C. ohioensis in most of North America.

Castoroides is a large, mammalian herbivore that tends to live near water. Unlike other larger beaver species this one retains the chisel-shaped teeth of modern beavers. As is typical for beavers, they build dams as habitats, but the larger creatures on …

Castoroides, extinct genus of giant beavers found as fossils in Pleistocene deposits in North America (the Pleistocene Epoch began 2.6 million years ago and ended 11,700 years ago).

2019年5月14日 · The giant beaver known as Castoroides ohioensis roamed North America during the Pleistocene, until the end of the Ice Age made it extinct. Researchers analyzed this creature's 10,000-year-old, fossilized, six-inch teeth to see what it ate.

2019年3月11日 · Read an in-depth profile of the Giant Beaver, Castoroides, including this prehistoric mammal's characteristics, behavior, and habitat.

2015年12月13日 · Castoroides is another example of how back in the Pleistocene animals were just bigger than they were today.‭ ‬Also known as the‭ ‘‬giant beaver‭’‬,‭ ‬Castoroides is not just the largest beaver that we currently know about,‭ ‬but it is the largest rodent known to have ever lived on the North American continent.‭ ‬At ...

Giant beavers (members of the genus Castoroides) inhabited North America throughout the mid- to late Pleistocene. They went extinct along with dozens of other megafaunal species at the end of the last Ice Age, approximately 10,000 years ago.

2024年5月27日 · Now extinct, the Giant Beaver was the size of a modern-day bear! Even though they are not closely related to the beavers of today, these giant prehistoric rodents shared many of the same features. They probably didn’t build dams but did enjoy a mostly aquatic environment.

2021年3月26日 · The giant beaver (Castoroides ohioensis) is an extinct rodent that lived in North America between 1.4 million and 10,000 years ago. It was a distant cousin to modern beavers, but in many ways may have been more similar to modern capybaras. The giant beaver was one of the largest rodents ever to roam the Earth, and one of approximately 30 ...

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