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Giant beaver: Castoroides ohioensis Foster
BackGiant beaver: Castoroides ohioensis Foster. Quaternary. Indian Island, Passamaquoddy Bay, New Brunswick. Collector: R. and A. Welch, 1998. New Brunswick Museum (NBMG 10368). Specimen length 20 cm. Giant beavers, weighing up to 200kg, were part of the ice age fauna of North America. They lived from Florida to Alaska.