Castor fiber

Also known as European beaver, Eurasian Beaver

species of beaver

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Castor fiber, commonly known as the Eurasian Beaver or European beaver, is a species of mammal within the family Castoridae. It belongs to the order Rodentia, class Mammalia, and phylum Chordata. The species was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is distinct from the Canadian beaver. Its habitat includes forests and freshwater environments.

The IUCN Red List classifies the species as Least Concern, a status recorded in 2021. The animal has a gestation period of 105 days and possesses 48 chromosomes. Records of the species are held by institutions including NHMUK, USNM, UMZC, MVZ, and MZLU, with occurrences documented in the United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, Canada, and South Norway.

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Species

Least Concern

European beaver

Castor fiber

SPECIES

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderRodentia
FamilyCastoridae

Habitatfreshwater

Observations27,303

Observations recorded414,827

二名法 Castor fiberLinnaeus, 1758 Approximate current range of the Eurasian beaver Subspecies C. f. fiber C. f. albicus C. f. vistulanus C. f. biellorussieus C. f. birulai C. f. pohlei C. f. tuvinicus[2] C. f. orientoeuropeas[2] 欧亚河狸（Castor fiber），一种半水栖哺乳动物，广泛分布于欧亚大陆的河流、湖泊、沼泽等地。欧亚河狸一度因为人类的捕猎行为而生存受到威胁。欧亚河狸是体型最大的啮齿动物之一，体重一般在11–30 kg之间，平均体重18 kg。從河狸乾燥會陰腺體取得的香水稱為河狸香(Castoreum)。参考文献 ^ Kryštufek, B., Meinig, H., Zima, J., Henttonen, H. & Balciauskas, L. Castor fiber. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2007 [5 January 2013]. ^ 2.0 2.1 Genetic Divergence and Similarity of Introduced Populations of European Beaver (Castor fiber L., 1758) from Kirov and Novosibirsk Oblasts of Russia (PDF). Russian Journal of Genetics (MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica distributed exclusively by Springer Science+Business Media LLC. ISSN). January 2001: 1022–7954 (Print) 1608–3369 (Online), Issue [2012-01-01]. 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=欧亚河狸&oldid=46301549” 分类： IUCN无危物种河狸属卡尔·林奈命名的生物分类隐藏分类： CS1含有外文文本 TaxoboxLatinName 本地相关图片与维基数据相同

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 358
With media: 20
Family: Castoridae
Collections: NHMUK, USNM, UMZC, MVZ, MZLU, AJTT
Recorded in: United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, Canada, South Norway, [England; U.K.], Sweden

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Bird sounds

mechanical sound, tail slap· Poland· quality A
mechanical sound· Russian Federation· quality A
mechanical sound· Russian Federation· quality A
mechanical sound· Russian Federation· quality A

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: beaver
Image: Beaver pho34.jpg

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taxon rank: species
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
taxon name: Castor fiber
Commons category: Castor fiber
Commons gallery: Castor fiber
gestation period: 105
habitat: forest
different from: Canadian beaver
chromosome count: 48
short name: C. fiber
taxon common name: evropski bober

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Encyclopedic overview

in the Narew River, Poland The Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) or European beaver is a species of beaver widespread across Eurasia, with a rapidly increasing population of at least 1.5 million in 2020. The Eurasian beaver was hunted to near-extinction for both its fur and castoreum, with only about 1,200 beavers in eight relict populations from France to Mongolia in the early 20th century. It has since been reintroduced into much of its former range and now lives from Western, Southern, Central and Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Russia through China and Mongolia, with about half the population in Russia. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Castor fiber” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Castor fiber