Castor canadensis - #410
American Beaver
View of dam from downstream side
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
near Pike's Peak, CO, USA
Image Date
1961
Photographer
D A Sutton