After Korth, 2001
<==o Castoridae Hemprich, 1820 (beavers; majavat) |-- †Agnotocastorinae Korth & Emry, 1997 `--+-- †Migmacastor procumbodens Korth & Rybczynski, 2003 `--+-- †Palaeocastorinae Martin, 1987 `--+-- †Castoroidinae Allen, 1877 [taxonomic history] `--o Castorinae Hemprich, 1820 |--o †Steneofiber É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1833 [Chloromys Schlosser, 1884 (non Chloromys Lesson, 1827), Asteneofiber Kretzoi, 1974, Steneotherium] L.Olig.-M.Mioc. Eu., L.-M.Mioc. As. | |-- †S. castorinus | `-- †S. hesperus (Douglass, 1901) [“Monosaulax” hesperus (Douglass, 1901) (european?); Steneofiber depereti; Steneofiber depereti carnutense Ginsburg, 1971] |--+-- †Romanocastor Radulesco & Samson, 1967 | `-- †Zamolxifiber Radulesco & Samson, 1967 `--+-- †Palaeomys Kaup, 1832 [Chelodus Kaup, 1832; Chelodon Gloger, 1841 (unjust. emend.); Chaelodus Agassiz, 1842 (lapsus calami)] [incl.? †Chalicomys Kaup, 1832, non Chalicomys Schlosser, 1924 (lapsus calami)] [synonomous status of Palaeomys/Chalicomys is unclear (Korth, 2001)]; U.Olig.-U.Mioc. Eu., M.-U.Olig. As. |-- †Schreuderia Aldana Carrasco, 1992; U.Mioc. Eu. `--o Castor Linnaeus, 1758 [Fiber Dumeril, 1806 non Fiber G. Cuvier, 1800 (Ondatra)]; Mamcastorus Herrera, 1899] [incl. Sinocastor Young, 1934] U.Mioc.-R. As. Eu. NA. (beavers; majavat) |?- †C. zdanskyi |--o C. fiber Linnaeus, 1758 (majava, euroopanmajava) [8 ssp.] | |-- C. f. fiber (majava; beaver) [Fennoscandia] | |-- C. f. albicus (länsimajava) | |-- C. f. sp.1 ()? | |-- C. f. sp.2 ()? | |-- C. f. sp.3 ()? | |-- C. f. sp.4 ()? | |-- C. f. sp.5 ()? | `-- C. f. sp.6 ()? |-- †C. andersoni |-- C. canadensis (kanadanmajava) `-- †C. californicus (kalifornianmajava)
Unincluded taxon (Korth, 2001):
Castoridae: †Castoroidinae of McKenna & Bell, 1997
†Neatocastor hesperus Korth, 1996; U.Olig. NA. [=? Steneofiber hesperus]
Reference(s):
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