Castor fiber
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Summary
Castor fiber is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,815 views/month, #957 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Award received: Q109758751[3], Animal of the Year[4]
- Taxon rank: species[5]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[6]
- Parent taxon: beaver[7]
- Taxon name: Castor fiber[8]
- Commons category: Castor fiber[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Castor fiber[10]
- Commons gallery: Castor fiber[11]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[12], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[14]
- This taxon is source of: smell of castoreum[15]
- Short name: C. fiber[16]
- Taxon common name: Eurasian Beaver[17], Eurasischer Biber[18], Castor Europeo[19], Castor d'Eurasie[20], europese bever, bever[21], castor deurope[22], european beaver, eurasian beaver[23], euroopanmajava[24], bever[25], 河狸[26], Castor euroasiáticu[27], Europäische Biber[28], evropski bober[29]
- Different from: Canadian beaver[30]
- Habitat: forest[31]
- Gestation period: 105 day[32]
- Chromosome count: 48[33]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[34]
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Identifiers
Castor fiber's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43793[35]. Castor fiber's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10185[36]. Castor fiber's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1036116[37]. Castor fiber's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4409131[38]. Castor fiber's ITIS TSN is recorded as 573165[39].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Castor fiber include Bobrovníky[40], a cadastral area in the Czech Republic[41], in Czech Republic[42].
Why It Matters
Castor fiber has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
Entities named for it include Bobrovníky[40], a cadastral area in the Czech Republic[41], in Czech Republic[42].
FAQs
What awards did Castor fiber receive?
Honors received include Q109758751[3] and Animal of the Year[4].