Eucastor
Extinct genus of rodents
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Eucastor is an extinct genus of beaver-grouped rodents.[1][2]
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| Eucastor | |
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| E. tortus, collected from Cherry County, Nebraska. At the AMNH. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Castoridae |
| Tribe: | †Nothodipoidini |
| Genus: | †Eucastor Leidy, 1858 |
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]
