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Scotland; and geog. distr.). — Theirot, Verhandl. Ver. f. Naturk. 

 V. Presburg, 1860-61, 21.— Holzl, ib., 96.— Zeittles, ib., 16 — 

 Smith, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1861, 146 (habits Amer. 

 Beav.).— Fitzinger, Zool. Gart., 1864, 273 (habits Europ. Beav.).— 

 Reeks, Zoologist, 2d ser., 1869, 1953 (Newfoundland). — Cope, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1869,173 (fossil, Virginia).— Allen, 

 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., i, 1869, 226; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.,' 

 xiii, 1869, 190; xvii, 1874, 43; Ball. Essex Institute, vi, 1874, 

 49, 56, 61, 65. — Lilljeborg, Fauna ofver Sveriges och Norges, 

 1871, 346.— Jordan, Man. Vert., 1878, 29.— Allen, Mon. N. A. Ro- 

 dents, 1877, 433. 



■ 2 . ' astor canadensis, Kuhl, Beitr. z. Zool., 1820, 64. — Fischer, Synop. 

 Mamm., 1829, 288— Newb., Pacific R. R. Expl. and Surv., vi, iv, 

 1857, 62 (California and Oregon).— Baird, Mam. N. Amer., 1858, 

 355, pi. xlviii, fig. 1 (skull) ; U. S. and Mex. Bound. Surv. ii, ii, 

 1859, 40.— Cooper, Pacif. R. R. Expl. and Surv., xii, ii, 1859, 82 

 (California, Orepon, and Washington Territory) : Amer. Nat., 

 ii, 1868, 533 (Upper Missouri).— Suckley, Pacif. R.R. Expl. and 

 Surv., xii, 1859, ii, 100 (Milk River).— Leidy, Holmes' Post-plio- 

 cene Fossils, South Carolina, 1860, iii, pi. xsi, fig. 2 (fossil ; Ash- 

 ley River, S. C.) ; Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 2d ser., v, 1869, 

 405 (fossil.)— Hayden, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, xii, 1862, 146 

 (Upper Missouri).— Coues, Amer. Nat., i, 1867, 362; Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1867,. 135 (Arizona).— Gilpin, Proc. and Trans. 

 Nova Scotia Inst. Nat. Sci., iii, 1872, 152 (Beaver dams), — Green 

 and Brown, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool., x, 1869, 361 (nat. hist, and 

 hunting ; Pacific Slope of Rocky Mountains). 



1829. Castor fiber var aviericanus, Richardson, Faun. Bor. Amer., i, 1829, 

 105 —Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. Saug., iv. 1844, 7.— Aud. & Bach., 

 North Am. Quad., i, 1S49, 347, pi. xlvi.— Wyman, Am. Journ. 

 Sci. and Arts., 2d ser, x, 1850, 61, fig. 4 (fossil; Memphis 

 Tenn.). — Morgan and Ely, The Beaver and his Works, 1878, 44, 

 pi. i — xxiii, and 26 wood cuts (general history and anatomy.) • 



1836. Castor americanus, Richardson, Back's Arctic Land Exped., 1836, 

 494. — Brandt, M6m. Acad. S,t. Petersb., 6th ser., Sci. Nat., vii, 

 1855, 64, pis. i, ii, iii (tail and skull). — Maximilian, Weigm. 

 Arch., 1862, i, 132. 



1846. Castor europmus, Owen, Brit. Foss. Mam., 1846, 190. 



1855. Castor fiber seu europceus, Brandt, M6m. Acad. St. Petersb., 6th ser., 

 Sci. Nat, vii, 1855,63. 



1868. Castor fiber var. europceus, Morgan, Amer. Beaver and his Works, 

 1878, 44. 



