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The beaver is the largest rodent in North America and competes with its Eurasian counterpart, the European beaver, for being the third-largest in the world, both following the South American capybara and lesser capybara. The European species is slightly larger on average but the American has a larger known maximum size.
In their natural range in North America, bears and wolves prey on the beavers and keep the population under control. One observer noted that anyone considering importing beavers should also import bears, those being the beavers' natural predators. [4] According to a June 2011 NPR report, 200,000 beavers were living in the area. [6]
Historically, the North American beaver was trapped and nearly extirpated because its fur was highly sought after. Protections have allowed the beaver population on the continent to rebound to an estimated 6–12 million by the late 20th century; still far lower than the originally estimated 60–400 million North American beavers before the ...
North American beavers (Castor canadensis) are the largest rodent species in the United States and the second largest in the world. They have stocky bodies, weigh between 35 and 65 pounds, and are ...
North American beavers, which live in wooded areas throughout the United States, Canada and Northern Mexico, typically grow to between 3 and 4 feet long and weigh between 24 and 71 pounds ...
North American beaver on the bank of the Lower Kern River. California Golden beaver taken from Snelling, California (elevation 256 ft or 78 m and Waterford, California (elevation 51 ft or 16 m) were stocked in 1940 at Mather Station (elevation 4,522 ft or 1,378 m) west of Yosemite National Park and in 1944 at Fish Camp (elevation 5,062 ft or 1,543 m) by the California Department of Fish and ...
The North American beavers arrived to Wonders of Wildlife in December. They were relocated to the aquarium from a facility in Minnesota. Wonders of Wildlife seeks community feedback on naming two ...
Trappers in Alberta, Canada commonly assert North American river otters are major predators of North American beavers. [33] A 1994 river otter study reported findings of beaver remains in 27 of 1,191 scats analyzed. [33] However, many other studies did not report any findings of North American beaver remains in the scat sampled. [54] [57]