Eucastor

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Eucastor
E. tortus, collected from Cherry County, Nebraska. At the AMNH.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Castoridae
Tribe: Nothodipoidini
Genus: Eucastor
Leidy, 1858

Eucastor is an extinct genus of beaver-grouped rodents.[1][2]

Based on the available evidence of the foramina, Eucastor most likely is closely related to Castor, but not in its direct lineage.[3]

It has two species, the type Eucastor (formerly Castor) tortus, and E. malheurensis[4]

E. tortus skull

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