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Castoroides

Rodents
Castoroides, 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... Wikipedia
Extinction status: Extinct
Scientific name: Castoroides
Extinction date: about 10,000 years ago
Class: Mammalia
Family: Castoridae
Genus: †Castoroides; Foster, 1838
Order: Rodentia