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Definition of Genus castor
1. Noun. Type genus of the Castoridae: beavers.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Castoridae, Family Castoridae
Member holonyms: Beaver
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Castor
Literary usage of Genus castor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds by Richard. Owen (1846)
"... to have had a longer antero-poste- rior diameter than the third grinder, which
is the reverse of the proportions of these teeth in the genus Castor. ..."
2. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1915)
"... members of the phylogenetic series, of which the genus Castor is ...
bears directly on the problem of tbe first appearance of the genus Castor. ..."
3. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"... because the genus Castor must be considered as the type of the family, of
which the present can only be an aberrant form. ..."
4. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"The Beavers, forming the genus Castor, consist of two species, the American (Castor
canadensis) ranging over the whole of North America from Labrador to ..."
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