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

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Taxonomy

References

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Taxonomy

McKenna and Bell (1997) divided Castoridae into two subfamilies, Castoroidinae and Castorinae. More recent studies (Korth, 2002; Rybczynski, 2007) have recognized additional subfamilies of basal castorids, and the following taxonomy is based on these two works.

★ 'Family Castoridae'

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★ Subfamily †Agnotocastorinae (paraphyletic)

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★ †''Migmacastor''

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★ Tribe †Agnotocastorini

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★ †''Agnotocastor''

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★ †''Neatocastor''

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★ Tribe †Anchitheriomyini

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★ †''Anchitheriomys''

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★ †''Propalaeocastor''

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★ †''Oligotheriomys''

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★ Subfamily †Palaeocastorinae

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★ †''Palaeocastor''

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★ †''Capacikala''

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★ †''Pseudopalaeocastor''

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★ Tribe †Euhapsini

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★ †''Euhapsis''

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★ †''Fossorcastor''

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★ Subfamily †Castoroidinae (paraphyletic)

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★ †''Priusaulax''

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★ Tribe †Castoroidini (paraphyletic)

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★ †''Monosaulax''

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★ †''Eucastor''

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★ †''Dipoides''

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★ †''Castoroides''

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★ †''Procastoroides''

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★ Tribe †Trogontheriini

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★ †''Trogontherium''

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★ †''Boreofiber''

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★ †''Euronexomys''

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★ †''Youngofiber''

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★ †''Asiacastor''

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★ Subfamily Castorinae

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★ †''Palaeomys'' or †''Chalicomys''

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★ †''Steneofiber''

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★ †''Zamolxifiber''

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★ †''Romanofiber''

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★ †''Schreuderia''

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★ †''Sinocastor''

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★ †''Hystricops''

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★ ''Castor'' - modern beavers

References

★ Korth W.W., 2002. Comments on the systematics and classification of the beavers (Rodentia, Castoridae) ''Journal of Mammalian Evolution'' 8(4):279-296.

★ 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

★ Rybczynski N., 2007. Castorid phylogenetics: implications for the evolution of swimming and tree-exploitation in beavers ''Journal of Mammalian Evolution'' 14(1):1-35.

See also

★ Beaver