Castor canadensis - #408

American Beaver
Beaver swimming
Geographic Distribution

Alaska and Canada south of the Arctic Circle (including Vancouver and Newfoundland), most of the continental United States (absent from parts of SW USA and from most of Florida), extending into N Mexico. Introduced to Tierra del Fuego (South America) and Eurasia, including Finland, NW Russia, Poland, Germany, and Austria

Order/Family
Castoridae
Genus
Castor
Specific Epithet
canadensis
Image Location
Gallatin Co, MT, USA
Image Date
1975
Photographer
J G Hall