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SPECIES Castor fiber
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed, 1: 58. | Common Name: | Eurasian Beaver | Type Locality: | Sweden. | Distribution: | Throughout N Eurasia, including Austria, Belarus, Belgium, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia (populations throughout), Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; formerly extinct but reintroduced in many of these countries. See Nolet and Rosell (1998) and Véron (1992a). | Status: | U. S. ESA – Endangered as C. fiber birulai; IUCN – Critically Endangered as C. f. tuvinicus, Vulnerable as C. f. birulai and C. f. pohlei; otherwise Near Threatened. | Comments: | Reviewed by Heidecke (1986), who recognized eight subspecies, and Véron (1992b), who recognized six; neither supported Lavrov (1983) in treating C. albicus as a separate species. Subspecific boundaries and resultant synonymies are unclear and further obscured by historical translocations and reintroductions. |
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albicus Matschie, 1907 albus Kerr, 1792 balticus Matschie, 1907 belarusicus Lavrov, 1974 belorussicus Lavrov, 1981 bielorussieus Lavrov, 1983 birulai Serebrennikov, 1929 flavus Desmarest, 1822 fulvus Bechstein, 1801 galliae É. Geoffroy, 1803 gallicus Fischer, 1829 introductus Saveljev, 1997 niger Desmarest, 1822 orientoeuropaeus Lavrov, 1981 osteuropaeus Lavrov, 1974 pohlei Serebrennikov, 1929 proprius Billberg, 1833 solitarius Kerr, 1792 tuvinicus Lavrov, 1969 variegatus Bechstein, 1801 varius Desmarest, 1822 vistulanus Matschie, 1907
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