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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ftjcfn:oai:canadianfieldnaturalist.ca:article/486 2023-05-15T17:52:45+02:00 Giant Beaver, Castoroides ohioensis, Remains in Canada and an Overlooked Report from Ontario Harington, C. Richard 2007-07-01 application/pdf https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/486 https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v121i3.486 eng eng The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/486/486 https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/486 doi:10.22621/cfn.v121i3.486 The Canadian Field-Naturalist; Vol. 121 No. 3 (2007); 330-333 0008-3550 Giant Beaver Castoroides ohioensis Pleistocene Highgate Ontario earliest Canadian record paleoenvironment info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Short Article 2007 ftjcfn https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v121i3.486 2021-09-02T18:53:52Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Old Crow Yukon The Canadian Field-Naturalist (E-Journal) Yukon Canada Indian The Canadian Field-Naturalist 121 3 330 |
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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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Giant Beaver, Castoroides ohioensis, Remains in Canada and an Overlooked Report from Ontario |
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Giant Beaver, Castoroides ohioensis, Remains in Canada and an Overlooked Report from Ontario |
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Giant Beaver, Castoroides ohioensis, Remains in Canada and an Overlooked Report from Ontario |
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Giant Beaver, Castoroides ohioensis, Remains in Canada and an Overlooked Report from Ontario |
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Giant Beaver, Castoroides ohioensis, Remains in Canada and an Overlooked Report from Ontario |
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giant beaver, castoroides ohioensis, remains in canada and an overlooked report from ontario |
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