Reference photo — Per Harald Olsen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Eurasian Beaver
Castor fiber
Moderate
Least concern
Not photographed yet
Distribution
Range
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Range: iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) · Base map: Natural Earth (public domain)
Quick facts
- Group
- Mammals
- Family
- Castoridae
- Size
- 80–100 cm (length)
- Weight
- 11–30 kg
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Lifespan
- 7–10 yrs
- Habitat
- Rivers, Lakes, Wetlands
About
The Eurasian beaver 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.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.