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WILDLIFE SPECIES: Castor canadensis | Beaver 



ABBREVIATION : 
CACA

COMMON NAMES : 
   beaver
   Canadian beaver
   American beaver
   flat-tail
   bank beaver
   castor
   castor cat


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for the beaver is Castor
canadensis Kuhl [6,10,19,22,33].  The subspecies differ in size,
proportion, color, and skull characteristics [10,33].  The following
subspecies have been mentioned in the literature [10,19,22,29,33]:

     C. canadensis ssp. canadensis Kuhl (Canadian beaver)
     C. canadensis ssp. leucodonta Gray (Pacific beaver)
     C. canadensis ssp. frondator Mearns (Sonora beaver)
     C. canadensis ssp. carolinensis Rhoads (Carolina beaver)
     C. canadensis ssp. pacificus Rhoads (Washington beaver)
     C. canadensis ssp. texensis Bailey (Texas beaver)
     C. canadensis ssp. phaeus Heller ( Admiralty beaver)
     C. canadensis ssp. mexicanus Bailey (Rio Grande beaver)
     C. canadensis ssp. michiganensis Bailey (woods beaver)
     C. canadensis ssp. belugae Taylor (Cook Inlet beaver)
     C. canadensis ssp. repentinus Goldman 
     C. canadensis ssp. baileyi Nelson
     C. canadensis ssp. taylori Davis


ORDER : 
Rodentia

CLASS : 
Mammal

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Julie L. Tesky, April 1993


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tesky, Julie L. 1993. Castor canadensis. In: Remainder of Citation

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