Castoroides

Summary

Castoroides is a fossil taxon^[1]. Castoroides ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (427 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Castoroides's image is recorded as Castoroides Knight 1.jpg^[3].
• Castoroides's image is recorded as Giant Pleistocene Beaver, Castoroides ohioensis.jpg^[4].
• Castoroides's image is recorded as Giant-beaver-fieldmuseum.jpg^[5].
• Castoroides's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[6].
• Castoroides's taxon rank is recorded as genus^[7].
• Castoroides's parent taxon is recorded as Castoridae^[8].
• Castoroides's location of discovery is recorded as Hillsborough County^[9].
• Castoroides's location of discovery is recorded as Canada^[10].
• Castoroides's location of discovery is recorded as Cooper River^[11].
• Castoroides's location of discovery is recorded as Great Lakes^[12].
• Castoroides's location of discovery is recorded as Alaska^[13].
• Castoroides's taxon name is recorded as Castoroides^[14].
• Castoroides's Commons category is recorded as Castoroides^[15].
• Castoroides's taxonomic type is recorded as Castoroides ohioensis^[16].
• Castoroides's start time is recorded as -3000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Castoroides's end time is recorded as -11000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Castoroides's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/069yz3^[19].
• Castoroides's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2863006^[20].
• Castoroides's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4455306^[21].
• Castoroides's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 41540^[22].
• Castoroides's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4574461^[23].
• Castoroides's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Castoroides^[24].
• Castoroides's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Castoroides^[25].
• Castoroides's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'giant beaver'}^[26].
• Castoroides's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'castor géant'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Castoroides ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (427 views/month).^[2] Castoroides has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Castoroides is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]