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SPECIES Castor canadensis
| Author: | Kuhl, 1820. | | Citation: | Beitr. Zool. Vergl. Anat., 1: 64. | | Common Name: | American Beaver | | Type Locality: | Canada, Hudson Bay. | | Distribution: | Alaska and Canada south of the Arctic Circle (including Vancouver and Newfoundland), most of the continental United States (absent from parts of SW USA and from most of Florida), extending into N Mexico. See Hall (1981:604). Introduced to Tierra del Fuego (South America) and Eurasia, including Finland, NW Russia, Poland, Germany, and Austria. | | Status: | IUCN – Data Deficient as C. c. phaeus (from Admiralty Island in Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago); Not Evaluated as C. c. frondator and C. c. mexicanus; otherwise Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Reviewed by Jenkins and Busher (1979, Mammalian Species, 120). With the exception of pacificus (type locality Cascade Mtns, Washington), which was held in synonymy with leucodontus (type locality Vancouver Isl, British Columbia), Hall (1981) recognized all named forms as valid subspecies. Pending a critical review, no subspecies are recognized here. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
acadicus Bailey and Doutt, 1942
baileyi Nelson, 1927
belugae Taylor, 1916
caecator Bangs, 1913
carolinensis Rhoads, 1898
concisor Warren and Hall, 1939
duchesnei Durrant and Crane, 1948
frondator Mearns, 1897
idoneus Jewett and Hall, 1940
labradorensis Bailey and Doutt, 1942
leucodontus Gray, 1869
mexicanus Bailey, 1913
michiganensis Bailey, 1913
missouriensis Bailey, 1919
pacificus Rhoads, 1898
pallidus Durrant and Crane, 1948
phaeus Heller, 1909
repentinus Goldman, 1932
rostralis Durrant and Crane, 1948
sagittatus Benson, 1933
shastensis Taylor, 1916
subauratus Taylor, 1912
taylori Davis, 1939
texensis Bailey, 1905
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