Castor (rodent)

Abundance: 0.03 to 50.00% (median 0.38%)

Latitudinal range: 29.1° to 60.4°

Habitats: (78), boreal forest/taiga (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (2)

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Found in 81 samples

Armenia: Godedzor Level II C, Godedzor Level II B

Canada: Charlie Lake Cave (Zone IV), Keffer (Midden 57, screened), Keffer (Midden 57, floated), DjPp-8 (level A), DjPp-8 (level B), McNichol Creek (house depression), McNichol Creek (midden), Pender Canal Site (trench), Grassy Bay, Irving-Johnston, Spillsbury Bay, Algar

China: Songhua River

Denmark: Smakkerup Huse

France: Coudoulous I (Faunal Units IV and V), Caune de l'Arago (Unit D), Vergisson II, Soucy 1

Germany: Untermassfeld

Hungary: Oltovâny Castle

Italy: Riparo Biarzo (SU 5), Riparo Biarzo (SU 4 + 3B), Riparo Biarzo (SU 3A), La Sassa Cave, Poggio Rosso

Jordan: Wadi Taiyiba (WT6)

North Korea: Chongphadae Cave

Poland: Borsuka Cave (Layer VI), Borsuka Cave (Layer III)

Russia: Sagan-Zaba II (Layer 3B), Chagyrskaya Cave (Layer 6), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 2), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 4), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 5), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 7), Imanay Cave (Pleistocene Layer 4)

Serbia: Garicin Grad (southeast corner tower, second phase)

Spain: Bolomor Cave (Level XI), Bolomor Cave (Level XII), Barranc de la Boella (El Forn 4), Gran Dolina (TD6.3)

Turkey: Direkli Cave

Ukraine: Medzhibozh 1 (horizon 16a)

United States: Rocky River, The Wilds, Ardis, Vess Cave, Ripplemead, Bat Cave, Bluegrass (macro), North Creek Shelter (Paleoarchaic), Hulme Site, Lower Walnut Settlement, McKinley Site (Zone A), Taddlock, Steck, Croley-Evans, Sucices Site (Excavation Square 1), Sucices Site (Excavation Square 2), Watson Brake (6.4 mm fraction), Rattlesnake Point Pueblo (Unit 2), Cadwalader, Black Cat Cave (interior), Harris Creek, Hobson Site, Hale Farm, Itasca Bison Site, Guard, Prison Farm, Pine Hill, Otter Creek No. 2 (Zone 3), Cole Gravel Pit, Scovill, Natural Chimneys, Flagg Swamp Rockshelter (Archaic), Bogue Chitto Creek, Marmes Rockshelter (Harrison horizon), Granite Cave, Cumberland Cave

See also Castor canadensis, Castor fiber, Castor sp.