Aplodontia rufa - #742

Mountain Beaver
Front view of animal emerging from burrow. Also as Sewellel.
Geographic Distribution

W coast of North America from SW British Columbia (Canada) to N California (USA), isolated populations in N and C California, extending into W Nevada

Order/Family
Aplodontiidae
Genus
Aplodontia
Specific Epithet
rufa
Image Location
USA, WA, King Co., Bellevue
Image Date
1967
Photographer
VB Scheffer