castoroides

• Научное название, обозначающее вымерший род гигантских бобров, живших в эпоху плейстоцена, в основном на востоке и юге территории современных Соединённых Штатов.

A scientific noun referring to an extinct genus of giant beavers that lived during the Pleistocene epoch, primarily found in eastern and southern regions of what is now the United States.

имя собственное

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   A genus of extinct giant beavers that lived during the Pleistocene epoch, primarily found in eastern and southern parts of what is now the United States.

   Вымерший гигантский бобр

   • Castoroides was much larger than modern beavers, reaching the size of a black bear.
   • Fossils of Castoroides have been discovered in peat bogs and river deposits.
   • The giant beaver Castoroides likely lived in wetlands and fed on aquatic plants.