Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Castoridae

Castoridae (beavers)

Wikipedia Abstract

The family Castoridae contains the two living species of beavers and their fossil relatives. This was once a highly diverse group of rodents, but is now restricted to a single genus, Castor.
View Wikipedia Record: Castoridae

Genus

Agnotocastor (5)
Capacikala (3)
Capatanka (3)
Castor (beavers) (9)   (1)
Castoroides (2)
Daimonelix (1)
Dipoides (8)
Eucastor (2)
Euhapsis (4)
Euroxenomys (3)
Fossorcastor (3)
Hystricops (2)
Microdipoides (1)
Migmacastor (1)
Monosaulax (6)
Neatocastor (1)
Nothodipoides (2)
Oligotheriomys (2)
Palaeocastor (3)
Priusaulax (3)
Procastoroides (3)
Prodipoides (5)
Propalaeocastor (7)
Pseudopalaeocastor (2)
Steneofiber (1)
Temperocastor (1)
Trigontherium (2)
Trogontherium (1)

(...) = Species count
(...) = Endangered count
(...) = Invasive count

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0