American beaver -- Utah -- Classification; Beavers -- Classification
From one topotype and two specimens of _Castor canadensis repentinus_,
from the Colorado River at Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, _C. c. pallidus_
differs as follows: Tail and hind foot shorter. Color: Lighter
throughout. Skull: Narrower; nasals shorter and wider (breadth of nasals
averages 54 per cent of length of nasals as opposed to 47 per cent);
nasals barely projecting posteriorly beyond premaxillae; rostrum
shorter; zygomatic breadth relative to basilar length less; mastoid
breadth actually as well relatively greater; tympanic bullae narrower
and smaller; coronoid process higher and wider; cheek teeth narrower.
From one specimen of _Castor canadensis concisor_, from Trappers Lake,
Garfield County, Colorado, and from the original description of that
subspecies (Warren and Hall, 1939: 358), _C. c. pallidus_ differs as
follows: Size smaller. Color: Markedly lighter throughout. Skull:
Smaller, narrower; nasals shorter and wider (breadth of nasals averages
54 per cent of length of nasals as opposed to 48 per cent); rostrum
shorter; zygomatic breadth relative to basilar length less; mastoid
breadth relative to zygomatic breadth greater; tympanic bullae narrower
and smaller; jugals narrower; distal end of meatal tube smaller;
coronoid process shorter and wider; angular process shorter and rounded
rather than nearly pointed; cheek teeth narrower.
From the type and near topotypes of _Castor canadensis rostralis_, _C.
c. pallidus_ differs as follows: Size smaller; tail and hind foot
shorter. Color: Markedly lighter throughout. Skull: Smaller and
narrower; rostrum shallower and narrower; posterior end of nasals more
constricted and barely projecting posteriorly beyond premaxillae;
zygomatic breadth relative to basilar length less; mastoid breadth
actually as well as relatively greater; dorsal surface of lacrimal bone
larger; tympanic bullae narrower; coronoid process higher and wider;
angular process not projecting so far caudad; cheek teeth narrower.
From the type and near topotypes of _Castor canadensis duchesnei_, _C.
c. pallidus_ differs as follows: Size smaller; tail and hind foot
shorter. Color: Lighter throughout. Skull: Shorter, narrower and less
massive; nasals shorter and wider (breadth of nasals averages 54 per
cent of length of nasals as opposed to 46 per cent); nasals barely
projecting posteriorly beyond premaxillae; rostrum shorter and narrower;
zygomatic breadth relative to basilar length less; mastoid breadth
actually as well as relatively greater; tympanic bullae narrower and
smaller; coronoid process higher and wider; angular process not
projecting so far caudad; cheek teeth narrower.
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