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North American Beaver

Mammals

The North American beaver is one of two living beaver species, the other being the Eurasian beaver. Native to North America, it has also been introduced to parts of South America, including Patagonia, and to Europe. It is one of Canada's national symbols and the official state mammal of both Oregon and New York, and it remains widespread across the continental United States, Canada, southern Alaska and parts of northern Mexico. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Castor canadensis 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Castor, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Beaver
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  • Also in Geography Atlas: Chile, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Cyprus, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Finland, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: France, found in there.
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  • Also in Geography Atlas: Hungary, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Luxembourg, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Mexico, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: New Zealand, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Poland, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Portugal, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Russia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: South America, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: United States, found in there.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Wikidata: Beaver
Wikidata
  • Statements section, habitat (P2974): Freshwater
    Wikidata habitat statement (P2974) resolves to a freshwater habitat type.
  • Statements section, habitat (P2974): Terrestrial
    Wikidata habitat statement (P2974) resolves to a terrestrial habitat type.
  • Wikidata Q81056 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Wikidata Q81056 (P1034 main food source): aspen
    Main food source (Wikidata property P1034): aspen.
  • Child Taxon Of: Castor, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q47542 (Castor)
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3. North American Beaver (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 359849
    It is native to North America and has been introduced in South America (Patagonia) and Europe (primarily Finland and Karelia).
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = LC
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