Sentence examples for genus Castor from inspiring English sources

Unlike the American and Eurasian beavers (genus Castor), the mountain beaver has an extremely short tail and is less than a half metre (1.6 feet) in length; weight is less than 2 kg (4.4 pounds).

Similarly, little is known about the timing of divergence events within the genus Castor.

Here, we examine the morphology of this specimen in detail and compare it to extant members of the genus Castor and two extinct species of the family.

The appearance of the genus Castor in Eurasia and North America was estimated to the late Miocene and the Pliocene, between 9 4.9 mya [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16].

The origin of the extant beaver genus Castor has been suggested to lie in Eurasia at some time between 9.7 and 5.2 mya based on the fossil record and similarities with Steneofiber [14], [15], [16].

We sequenced complete mitochondrial genomes from both extant beaver species and used these sequences to place beavers in the phylogenetic tree of rodents and date their divergence from other rodents as well as the divergence events within the genus Castor.

He separated the new genus from Castor based on: 1) a slightly more rounded cross-sectional shape of the upper incisor, 2) stronger postorbital constriction of the skull, 3) presence of a masseteric fossa, and 4) paraflexus and hypoflexus on P4 alternating ("First internal and external folds of P4 alternating") [26].

If it does not, the finding would provide support for the suggestion that the specimen be regarded as a member of a genus outside of Castor.

Although the genus Ricinus is considered monotypic, castor bean varies greatly in its growth habit, color of foliage and stems, seed size and oil content [ 6, 7].

My full name translates roughly to "beaver nurse"—Rocco is the saint of dealing with pestilence and Castor is a rodent genus (and apparently a maroonish beaver secretion used in perfume).

As mentioned above, castor bean belongs to a monotypic genus with great phenotypic diversity and phenotypic plasticity.