Castoroides leiseyorum Morgan & White, 1995
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: c.9,000 BC
Distribution
southeastern United States
Biology
Hypodigm
SC75.33.1 (cranium)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
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.
Other references:
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]