Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820
- Dataset
- Order Rodentia - Family Castoridae
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Kuhl (1820): Castor canadensis. Beitr. Zool. Vergi. Anat. 1
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Castoridae
- genus
- Castor
- species
- Castor canadensis
conservation
STATUS: IUCN - Endangered as C. c. frondator and C. c. mexicanus.
discussion
COMMENTS: Lavrov and Orlov (1973) considered this species distinct from fiber. Reviewed by Jenkins and Busher (1979, Mammalian Species, 120).
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Brooks Range in Alaska (USA) to Labrador (Canada), Tamaulipas (Mexico), and N Florida (USA). Introduced in Europe and Asia.
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, Hudson Bay.
Name
- Homonyms
- Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820