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Although the origin of the name was previously obscure, a 2024 study confirmed that the species name T. cuvieri was first used in a previously overlooked 1814 publication by von Waldheim. Cuvier had previously named the species Castor trogontherium in an 1809 publication, which is recognised as a synonym of Trogontherium cuvieri but because C. trogontherium was last used in 1884, it is considered a nomen oblitum, and thus T. cuvieri remains the valid name for the species. T. cuvieri is known from the

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