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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.
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 ...
The North American beaver (Castor canadensis) is an invasive species in Tierra del Fuego, at the southern end of Patagonia. Tierra del Fuego is a large island encompassing parts of Chile and Argentina , so that policies and actions to control the species have mainly been binational.
The two beaver species are the North American and the Eurasian beaver. ©Vlad G/Shutterstock.com North American beavers ( Castor canadensis) are the largest rodent species in the United States and ...
North American beaver: Official symbol since 1975 [20]] Canadian horse: Official symbol since 2002 [20] National sport [20] [36] Lacrosse (summer) Officially adopted on May 12, 1994 [20] Ice hockey (winter) Officially adopted on May 12, 1994 [20] National tartan [20] Maple leaf tartan Officially adopted on March 9, 2011 [20] Royal Canadian ...
Found in most of the larger streams and rivers in Oregon, the beaver is the largest of the North American rodents. Once overtrapped by early settlers and prized for its fur, populations have recovered through management and partial protection. Oregon is known as "The Beaver State" and Oregon State University's athletic teams are called the Beavers.
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The Mammals of North America. 2nd ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York Species range maps that support current ranges developed were done by Thomas A. O'Neil and Margaret M. Shaughnessy by reviewing over 150,000 museum records and developing them in a GIS tied to wildlife-habitat types and elevation.