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Migmacastor

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Suborder
  
Castorimorpha

Scientific name
  
Migmacastor procumbodens

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Rodentia

Family
  
Castoridae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Anchitheriomys, Steneofiber, Palaeocastor, Trogontherium, Castorimorpha

Migmacastor is an extinct member of the beaver family, Castoridae, known from a single species, Migmacastor procumbodens. Only a single specimen has been reported, a skull from the late Oligocene or early Miocene of Nebraska. Features of the incisor teeth of Migmacastor indicate they were used to dig. Other extinct beavers, including the better-known Palaeocastor, were also fossorial (digging), but Migmacastor may have become a burrower independently.

References

Migmacastor Wikipedia