Castoroides dilophidus (Martin, 1969)
Giant beaver
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Castoroides ohioensis dilophidus Martin, 1969; Castoroides leiseyorum Morgan & White, 1995
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene or Holocene
Distribution & Habitat
Florida, Georgia & North Carolina, USA
Biology & Ecooogy
Hypodigm
Holotype: UF 12404
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Martin, R. A. (1969). Taxonomy of the giant Pleistocene beaver Castoroides from Florida. Journal of Paleontology 43(4):1033-1041.
Other references:
Hulbert, Richard C. Jr., Kerner, Andreas and Morgan, Gary S. (2014).Taxonomy of the Pleistocene giant beaver Castoroides (Rodentia: Castoridae) from the southeastern United States. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 53(2): 26-43. https://doi.org/10.58782/flmnh.godf9642
Morgan, G. S. and White, J. A. (1995). Small Mammals (Insectivora, Lagomorpha, and Rodentia) from the Early Pleistocene (Irvingtonian) Leisey Shell Pit Local Fauna, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37(II)13: 397-461.
Parmalee, P. W. and Graham, R. W. (2002). Additional records of the giant beaver, Castoroides, from the Mid-South: Alabama, Tennessee, and South Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (93): 65-71. [automatic download]
Plint, Tessa. (2016). Giant Beaver (Castoroides) Palaeoecology Inferred from Stable Isotopes. Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. Paper 4236. [Abstract]