Castoridae

Translingual

Etymology

Castor +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Castoridae

A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – the beavers and their extinct close relatives.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Castorimorpha - suborder

Hyponyms

(family): Castorinae - sole extant subfamily; †Agnotocastorinae, †Palaeocastorinae, †Castoroidinae - extinct subfamilies
- Castor - sole extant genus

References

Castoridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Castoridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Castoridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Castoridae in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

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