Giant beaver

Scientific name: Castoroides ohioensis

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0525

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দৈত্যাকার বিভার
Riesenbiber
Giant beaver
Castor gigante
سگ آبی غول‌پیکر
Castor géant
विशाल बीवर
Biwara raksasa
ジャイアントビーバー
Biwara gergasi
Castor-gigante
Гигантский бобр
Dev kunduz
دیو قامت بیور
巨河狸

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Sources

1New York State Museum Reveals Scientific Findings From CT Scan of Dinosaur Egg and Giant Beaver SkullSRC-DSC-D914F6AD07
2Peptide sequences from the first Castoroides ohioensis skull and the utility of old museum collections for palaeoproteomicsSRC-DSC-0201768561
3Vertebrate Paleontology collectionSRC-DSC-4070374456
4Giant beaver palaeoecology inferred from stable isotopes (full text)SRC-DSC-D9DD21CBA2

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Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261108T094000712 · last approved 8 November 2026

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Taxonomy

The type I collagen sequences identified from Castoroides ohioensis are sufficient to place this species within the order Rodentia.

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2Peptide sequences from the first Castoroides ohioensis skull and the utility of old museum collections for palaeoproteomicsSRC-DSC-0201768561

Key facts

The first skull of Castoroides ohioensis ever discovered was collected in 1845.

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The Joseph Moore Museum holds the most complete specimen of the extinct giant beaver Castoroides ohioensis, which was excavated in 1889.

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2Peptide sequences from the first Castoroides ohioensis skull and the utility of old museum collections for palaeoproteomicsSRC-DSC-0201768561
3Vertebrate Paleontology collectionSRC-DSC-4070374456

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Giant beaver

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