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a b c d Kurtén, B. and E. Anderson (1980). Pleistocene Mammals of North America. Columbia University Press. pp.236–237. ISBN 978-0-231-03733-4. Foramina (singular: foramen): An opening in the skull, providing a place for nerves or blood vessels to pass through the bone. The largest is the foramen magnum, through which the spinal cord passes. There are numerous other small holes in the skull— too many to remember in one day, and they won't be on the test! Castor". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Archived from the original on November 11, 2020 . Retrieved September 21, 2020.

Castoroides (Latin: "beaver" (castor), "like" (oides) [2]), or giant beaver, is an extinct genus of enormous, bear-sized beavers that lived in North America during the Pleistocene. Two species are currently recognized, C. dilophidus in the Southeastern United States and C. ohioensis in most of North America. C. leiseyorum was previously described from the Irvingtonian age but is now regarded as an invalid name. All specimens previously described as C. leiseyorum are considered to belong to C. dilophidus. Long paroccipital processes. These structures provide attachments for some chewing muscles called digastric muscles. One of the defining characteristics of the giant beaver was their incisor teeth, which differed in size and shape from those of modern beavers. Modern beavers have incisors with smooth enamel, while the teeth of the giant beaver had a striated, textured enamel surface. [6] Their teeth were also much larger, up to 15cm (6in) long. [6] The brain of the giant beaver was proportionally smaller than the modern beaver. As a result, the giant beaver may have had inferior interactions in its environment, as well as less complex patterns of thoughts and behavior. [7] [ failed verification] Classification [ edit ] North American beavers typically live 10 to 12 years and can live up to 30 years. The average lifespan of the Eurasian beaver is 7 to 8 years and can be up to 25 years. Threats:

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Korth, William W (1994). The Tertiary record of rodents in North America. Springer. p.145. ISBN 978-0-306-44696-2. Burchsted, D.; Daniels, M.; Thorson, R.; Vokoun, J. (2010). "The river discontinuum: applying beaver modifications to baseline conditions for restoration of forested headwaters". BioScience. 60 (11): 908–922. doi: 10.1525/bio.2010.60.11.7. S2CID 10070184. No upper incisors; the lower incisors meet a bony plate on the upper jaw. (This is true for deer and cattle, but not for pigs). Foramen magnum. Every skull has a foramen magnum, the hole for the spinal cord. On either side of the foramen magnum are the occipital condyles, which articulate with the first vertebra (which is called the atlas). Several versions of an Anishinaabe story tell of "giant beavers" who "walked upright and stood as tall as the tallest man." [32] Many scholars believe that stories like these could be evidence of North American indigenous peoples encountering C. ohioensis or, at the very least, their fossils. [33] See also [ edit ]

Cheek teeth are continuously growing, an adaptation to the continual wear of a diet of vegetation. Also note the grooves in these teeth, produced as the lower jaw grinds from side to side. All the cheek teeth look the same, unlike the specialized teeth of carnivores. There are two extant species: the North American beaver ( Castor canadensis) and the Eurasian beaver ( Castor fiber). Spieth, H. T. (1979). "The virilis group of Drosophila and the beaver Castor". The American Naturalist. 114 (2): 312–316. doi: 10.1086/283479. JSTOR 2460228. S2CID 83673603. Four upper incisors. The front pair of incisors resembles those of a rodent, but there is a second, smaller pair hidden behind them. Rodents don't have these. Auditory bulla (also called typmanic bulla): a hard, compact structure that contains the inner ear structures.a b "Castor fiber". ITIS. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020 . Retrieved September 21, 2020. Orbits are on the side of the skull, providing excellent peripheral vision but limited binocular vision. Adult beavers mate with their partners, though partner replacement appears to be common. A beaver that loses its partner will wait for another one to come by. Estrus cycles begin in late December and peak in mid-January. Females may have two to four estrus cycles per season, each lasting 12–24 hours. The pair typically mate in the water and to a lesser extent in the lodge, for half a minute to three minutes. [93] Parmalee (2002). "Additional records of the Giant Beaver, Castoroides, from the mid-South: Alabama, Tennessee, and South Carolina" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 93: 65–71.

a b c Korth, W. W. (2002). "Comments on the systematics and classification of the beavers (Rodentia, Castoridae)". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 8 (4): 279–296. doi: 10.1023/A:1014468732231. S2CID 27935955.Large angle on mandible for attachment of the large masseter muscles that are used for sideways grinding of food. Unlike the Carnivora skulls, there is no hook-shaped angular process, just a large angle of the jaw.

Hood, Glynnis A.; Bayley, Suzanne E. (2008). "Beaver ( Castor canadensis) mitigate the effects of climate on the area of open water in boreal wetlands in western Canada". Biological Conservation. 141 (2): 556–567. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.12.003. S2CID 84584842. a b "Castor canadensis". ITIS. Archived from the original on November 3, 2020 . Retrieved September 21, 2020.Fabre, Pierre-Henri; Hautier, Lionel; Dimitrov, Dimitar; Douzery, Emmanuel J. P. (2012). "A glimpse on the pattern of rodent diversification: a phylogenetic approach". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12 (88): 88. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-88. PMC 3532383. PMID 22697210. Sun, Lixing; Muller-Schwarze, Dietland (1997). "Sibling recognition in the beaver: A field test for phenotype matching". Animal Behaviour. 54 (3): 493–502. doi: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0440. PMID 9299035. S2CID 33128765. Rosell, Frank; Nolet, Bart A. (1997). "Factors Affecting Scent-Marking Behavior in Eurasian Beaver ( Castor fiber)". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 23 (3): 673–689. doi: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006403.74674.8a. hdl: 11250/2438031. S2CID 31782872.