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iGiant Beavers Fossil range: Late Pliocene - Late Pleistocene
Image:Giant-beaver-fieldmuseum.jpg Castoroides ohioensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Castoridae Genus: Castoroides Foster, 1838
Species
Castoroides leiseyorum Castoroides ohioensis

Castoroides is an extinct genus of giant beavers that lived in North America during the Pleistocene. There are two known species:

• Castoroides leiseyorum (in Florida)
• Castoroides ohioensis (also Castoroides nebrascensis; Northern US and Canada)pt:Castor gigante