Eucastor | |
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E. tortus, collected from Cherry County, Nebraska. At the AMNH. | |
Scientific 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 (formerlly Castor) tortus, and E. malheurensis[4]
Eucastor extinct.