Castor canadensis - #5995
American Beaver
Skull & dentary. University of South Alabama #568 Alabama, Baldwin County, Road connecting Routes 27 & 104
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
Photographer
AV Linzey