Castor canadensis Kuhl, 1820

Beaver

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Vertebrate

Sublevel 2: Mammal

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Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Rodentia

Family: Castoridae

Genus: Castor

Species: Castor canadensis

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Castor canadensis

Castor canadensis — Lodge
Essex County, MA
Date: 2011-06-02

Castor canadensis — Lodge
Essex County, MA
Date: 2006-04-18

Castor canadensis — Dam
Essex County, MA
Date: 2006-05-18

Castor canadensis — Felled tree
Essex County, MA
Date: 2005-10-22

Castor canadensis — Tree felling not yet completed
Essex County, MA
Date: 2013-03-18

Castor canadensis — Girdled trees
Essex County, MA
Date: 2013-04-04

Castor canadensis — Girdled tree
Essex County, MA
Date: 2013-03-18

Castor canadensis — Chewed twig
Rockingham County, NH
Date: 2014-05-29

Castor canadensis — Flooded red maple forest. Trees are still alive.
Essex County, MA
Date: 2005-05-22

Castor canadensis — Beaver pond with dead standing trees
Essex County, MA
Date: 2010-03-07

Castor canadensis — Beaver pond transitioning into a marsh. Most of the dead trees have fallen.
Essex County, MA
Date: 2011-07-20