Global InformationNorth American beaver information
| North American beaver | |
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| A male North American beaver | |
Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
 Secure (NatureServe)[2] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Castoridae |
| Genus: | Castor |
| Species: | C. canadensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Castor canadensis Kuhl, 1820[3]
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| Subspecies[23][24][25][26][27] | |
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List
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| Distribution of the North American beaver (dark green – native, light green – introduced) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Castor fiber canadensis | |
The North American beaver (Castor canadensis) is one of two extant beaver species, along with the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber).[23] It is native to North America and has been introduced in South America (Patagonia) and Europe (primarily Finland and Karelia). The North American beaver is one of the official national wildlife of Canada symbols and is the official state mammal of Oregon and New York.[28] North American beavers are widespread across the continental United States, Canada, southern Alaska, and some parts of northern Mexico.
In Canada and the United States, the North American beaver is often referred to simply as "beaver", although this can cause some confusion because another distantly related rodent, Aplodontia rufa, is often called the "mountain beaver". Other vernacular names, including American beaver[23] and Canadian beaver,[29] distinguish this species from the other extant beaver species, Castor fiber, which is native to Eurasia.
- ^ Cassola, F. (2016). "Castor canadensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4003A22187946. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T4003A22187946.en. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
- ^ "Castor canadensis". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ a b Kuhl, Heinrich (1820). "Castor Canadensis". Beiträge zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie. Frankfurt: Verlag der Hermannschen Buchhandlung. pp. 64–65. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ a b Bailey, Vernon; Doutt, J. Kenneth (1942). "Two New Beavers from Labrador and New Brunswick". Journal of Mammalogy. 23 (1): 86–88. doi:10.2307/1374859. JSTOR 1374859.
- ^ Nelson, E. W. (1927). "Description of a New Subspecies of Beaver". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 40: 125–126. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ a b Taylor, Walter P. (1916). "The Status of the Beavers of Western North America, with a Consideration of the Factors in their Speciation". University of California Publications in Zoology. 12 (15): 413–495. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ Allen, Glover M. (1942). "Newfoundland Beaver". Extinct and Vanishing Mammals of the Western Hemisphere, with the Marine Species of All the Oceans. American Committee for International Wild Life Protection. pp. 62–63. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ a b Rhoads, Samuel N. (1898). "Contributions to a Revision of the North American Beavers, Otters and Fishers". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. New Ser. 19 (3): 417–439. doi:10.2307/1005498. hdl:2027/hvd.32044107349482. JSTOR 1005498. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ Warren, Edward R.; Hall, E. Raymond (1939). "A New Subspecies of Beaver from Colorado". Journal of Mammalogy. 20 (3): 358–362. doi:10.2307/1374265. JSTOR 1374265.
- ^ a b c Durrant, Stephen D.; Crane, Harold (1948). "Three New Beavers from Utah". University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History. 1 (20): 407–417. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ Mearns, Edgar A. (1898). "Preliminary Diagnoses of New Mammals of the Genera Sciurus, Castor, Neotoma, and Sigmodon, from the Mexican Border of the United States". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 20 (1132): 502–503. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.1132.501. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ Jewett, S. G.; Hall, E. R. (1940). "A New Race of Beaver from Oregon". Journal of Mammalogy. 21 (1): 87–89. doi:10.2307/1374665. JSTOR 1374665.
- ^ Gray, J. E. (1869). "On the White-toothed American Beaver". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4th Ser. 4 (22): 293. doi:10.1080/00222936908696055. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ a b Bailey, Vernon (1913). "Two New Subspecies of North American Beavers". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 26: 191–194. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ Bailey, V. (1919). "A New Subspecies of Beaver from North Dakota". Journal of Mammalogy. 1 (1): 31–32. doi:10.1093/jmammal/1.1.31. JSTOR 1373717.
- ^ Heller, Edmund (1909). "The Mammals". University of California Publications in Zoology. 5 (2, Birds and Mammals of the 1907 Alexander Expedition to Southeastern Alaska): 250–255. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ Goldman, E. A. (1932). "A New Beaver from Arizona". Journal of Mammalogy. 13 (3): 266–267. doi:10.2307/1374004. JSTOR 1374004.
- ^ Benson, Seth B. (1933). "A New Race of Beaver from British Columbia". Journal of Mammalogy. 14 (4): 320–325. doi:10.2307/1373950. JSTOR 1373950.
- ^ Taylor, Walter P. (1912). "The Beaver of West Central California". University of California Publications in Zoology. 10 (7): 167–169. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ Grinnell, Joseph (1933). "Review of the Recent Mammal Fauna of California". University of California Publications in Zoology. 40 (2): 166. Archived from the original on February 20, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ^ Davis, William B. (1939). The Recent Mammals of Idaho. Caldwell, ID: Caxton. p. 273.
- ^ Bailey, Vernon (1905). "Castor canadensis texensis subsp. nov. Texas Beaver". Biological Survey of Texas. North American Fauna. Vol. 25. Washington: Government Printing Office. pp. 122–125. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ a b c Helgen, K.M. (2005). "Family Castoridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 842. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Warner, Richard E. and Hendrix, Kathleen M. (eds.) (1984). California Riparian Systems: Ecology, Conservation, and Productive Management Archived November 22, 2021, at the Wayback Machine University of California Press, p. 952. Retrieved August 4, 2007.
- ^ Browse Genus equals Castor by Scientific Name for All Museums Archived June 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Berkeley Natural History Museums. Retrieved August 4, 2007.
- ^ Tesky, Julie L. (1993) Wildlife Species: Castor canadensis Archived August 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Fire Effects Information System (Online), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. Retrieved August 4, 2007.
- ^ Jenkins, Stephen H.; Busher, Peter E. (1979). "Castor canadensis". Mammalian Species (120): 1–8. doi:10.2307/3503787. JSTOR 3503787.
- ^ Official symbols of Canada Archived June 24, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Government of Canada
- ^ Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2006). "Castor canadensis (mammal)". Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). IUCN Species Survival Commission. Archived from the original on October 16, 2008. Retrieved July 16, 2009: "Common names: American beaver (English), beaver (English), Canadian beaver, castor (French), castor americano (Spanish), North American beaver (English)"
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