Giant Beaver, Castoroides ohioensis, Remains in Canada and an Overlooked Report from Ontario

The Giant Beaver (Castoroides ohioensis) was the largest ice age rodent in North America, reaching about the size of a Black Bear (Ursus americanus). In Canada, fossils of this species are commonly found in the Old Crow Basin, Yukon, and single specimens are known from Toronto, Ontario and Indian Is...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Canadian Field-Naturalist
Main Author: Harington, C. Richard
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2007
Subjects:
Giant Beaver
Castoroides ohioensis
Pleistocene
Highgate
Ontario
earliest Canadian record
paleoenvironment
Yukon
Canada
Indian
Old Crow
Online Access:https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/486
https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v121i3.486
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Summary:The Giant Beaver (Castoroides ohioensis) was the largest ice age rodent in North America, reaching about the size of a Black Bear (Ursus americanus). In Canada, fossils of this species are commonly found in the Old Crow Basin, Yukon, and single specimens are known from Toronto, Ontario and Indian Island, New Brunswick. A hitherto overlooked 1891 record of a Giant Beaver skull from near Highgate, Ontario is the earliest for Canada.

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