Canadian beaver
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Summary
Canadian beaver is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,385 views/month, #692 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: symbol[3], symbol of a state of the United States[4], keystone species[5]
- Taxon rank: species[6]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[7]
- Parent taxon: beaver[8]
- Taxon name: Castor canadensis[9]
- Commons category: Castor canadensis[10]
- Color: brown[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Castor canadensis[12]
- Commons gallery: Castor canadensis[13]
- Main food source: aspen[14], poplar[15], willow[16]
- Represents: Canada[17]
- Has characteristic: animal behavior[18]
- This taxon is source of: smell of castoreum[19]
- Short name: C. canadensis[20]
- Taxon common name: North American Beaver[21], Kanadischer Biber[22], amerikanmajava[23], Ksik stakii[24], amerikansk bever[25], castor americanu[26], Canadian Beaver[27], American Beaver[28], Beaver[29], castor du Canada[30]
- Different from: mountain beaver[31], Castor fiber[32]
- Life expectancy: 15 years[33]
- Indigenous to: North America[34]
- Habitat: forest[35], wetland[36], lake[37], artificial pond[38], fresh water[39], marsh[40]
- Longest observed lifespan: 23.4 years[41]
- Chromosome count: 40[42]
- Invasive to: Argentina[43]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[44]
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Identifiers
Canadian beaver's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43794[45]. Canadian beaver's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 51338[46]. Canadian beaver's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328025[47]. Canadian beaver's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2439838[48]. Canadian beaver's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180212[49].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Canadian beaver include Beaver County[50], a county of Utah[51], in United States[52], founded in 1856[53].
Why It Matters
Canadian beaver has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for it include Beaver County[50], a county of Utah[51], in United States[52], founded in 1856[53].