| Castor californicus Temporal range: Late Miocene – Early Pleistocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Castoridae |
| Genus: | Castor |
| Species: | †C. californicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Castor californicus Kellogg, 1911 | |
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Castor californicus is an extinct species of beaver that lived in western North America from the end of the Miocene to the early Pleistocene. The species was similar to but larger than the extant North American beaver (Castor canadensis).