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Castor canadensis  Kuhl, 1820
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180212

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Castor caecator Bangs, 1913
  
    Castor canadensis phaeus Heller, 1909
  
    Castor canadensis acadicus Bailey and Doutt, 1942
  
    Castor canadensis baileyi Nelson, 1927
  
    Castor canadensis belugae Taylor, 1916
  
    Castor canadensis caecator Bangs, 1913
  
    Castor canadensis canadensis Kuhl, 1820
  
    Castor canadensis carolinensis Rhoads, 1898
  
    Castor canadensis concisor Warren and Hall, 1939
  
    Castor canadensis duchesnei Durrant and Crane, 1948
  
    Castor canadensis frondator Mearns, 1897
  
    Castor canadensis idoneus Jewett and Hall, 1940
  
    Castor canadensis labradorensis Bailey and Doutt, 1942
  
    Castor canadensis leucodontus Gray, 1869
  
    Castor canadensis mexicanus Bailey, 1913
  
    Castor canadensis michiganensis Bailey, 1913
  
    Castor canadensis missouriensis Bailey, 1919
  
    Castor canadensis pallidus Durrant and Crane, 1948
  
    Castor canadensis repentinus Goldman, 1932
  
    Castor canadensis rostralis Durrant and Crane, 1948
  
    Castor canadensis sagittatus Benson, 1933
  
    Castor subauratus shastensis Taylor, 1916
  
    Castor subauratus subauratus Taylor, 1912
  
    Castor canadensis taylori Davis, 1939
  
    Castor canadensis texensis Bailey, 1905
  
  Common Name(s): castor [French]
  
    American Beaver [English]
  
    Castor Americano [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderCastorimorpha A. E. Wood, 1955  
                                     FamilyCastoridae Hemprich, 1820 – Beavers  
                                        GenusCastor Linnaeus, 1758 – beavers  
                                           SpeciesCastor canadensis Kuhl, 1820 – castor, American Beaver, Castor Americano  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Castor canadensis    
       
  Expert: Don E. Wilson  
  Notes: Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108   
  Reference for: Castor canadensis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: castor[French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Castor canadensis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Castor canadensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Castor canadensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Castor canadensis, American Beaver [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Castor canadensis, American Beaver [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Middle America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Alaska, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Data Deficient as C. c. phaeus (from Admiralty Island in Alaska's Alexander Archipelago); Not Evaluated as C. c. frondator and C. c. mexicanus; otherwise Lower Risk (lc)  
    Comments: Reviewed by Jenkins and Busher (1979, Mammalian Species, 120). With the exception of pacificus (type locality Cascade Mtns, Washington), which was held in synonymy with leucodontus (type locality Vancouver Isl, British Columbia), Hall (1981) recognized all named forms as valid subspecies. Pending a critical review, no subspecies are recognized here  
    Introduced to Tierra del Fuego (South America) and Eurasia, including Finland, NW Russia, Poland, Germany, and Austria  
 

 

    

 
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