''Monosaulax'' is an extinct

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of beaver-grouped

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...

s. It is sometimes treated as a synonym of '' Eucastor'' (McKenna and Bell, 1997).

References

* McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. ''Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level''. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. Prehistoric beavers {{paleo-rodent-stub