Castoridae
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Castoridae
Subfamiliae (1 + †3): †Agnotocastorinae –
Castorinae – †Castoroidinae – †Palaeocastorinae
Genera (1 + †25): †Agnotocastor – †Asiacastor – †Boreofiber – Castor – †Castoroides – †Chalicomys – †Daimonelix – †Dipoides – †Eucastor – †Euroxenomys – †Microdipoides – †Migmacastor – †Monosaulax – †Montanacastor – †Nothodipoides – †Palaeocastor – †Procastoroides – †Prodipoides – †Romanocastor – †Schreuderia – †Sinocastor – †Steneofiber – †Temperocastor – †Trogontherium – †Youngofiber – †Zamolxifiber
Name
[edit]Castoridae Batsch, 1788
- Type genus: Castor Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymy
[edit]References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Batsch, A.J.G.C. 1788. Versuch einer Anleitung zur Kenntniss und Geschichte der Thiere und Mineralien. Erster Theil. Allgemeine Geschichte der Natur; besondre der Säugthiere, Vögel, Amphibien und Fische. Jena: Akademischen Buchandlung, 528 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.79854.
Additional references
[edit]- Hemprich, W. 1820. Grundriss der Naturgeschichte fur höhere Lehranstalten. August Rücker: Berlin. i–viii + 1–432.
- Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.
- Wilson, D.E. 1993. Family Castoridae. Pp. 467 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-56098-217-3. Reference page.
- McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. (eds.). 1997. Classification of mammals: above the species level. Columbia University Press: New York. xii + 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Google Books Reference page.
- Helgen, K.M. 2005. Family Castoridae. Pp. 842–843 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
- Dubois, A. & Bour, R. 2010. The distinction between family-series and class-series nomina in zoological nomenclature, with emphasis on the nomina created by Batsch (1788, 1789) and on the higher nomenclature of turtles. Bonn zoological Bulletin 57 (2): 149–171.
- Bussher, P. 2016. Family Castoridae (Beavers). Pp. 150–158 in Wilson, D.E., Lacher Jr., T.E. & Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.) . Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 6. Lagomorphs and Rodents I. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-941892-3-4 Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]- čeština: Bobrovití
- Deutsch: Biber
- English: Beavers
- suomi: Majavat
- Nordfriisk: Biibern
- հայերեն: Կուղբեր
- italiano: Castoridi
- 日本語: ビーバー科
- polski: Bobrowate
- русский: Бобры
- Türkçe: Kunduzgiller