Animals / Mammal

North American beaver

Castor canadensis · Castoridae

The North American beaver is one of two extant beaver species, along with the Eurasian beaver. It is native to North America and has been introduced in South America (Patagonia) and Europe. The North American beaver is one of the national symbols of Canada and the official state mammal of Oregon and New York.

Where the North American beaver lives

Recorded in United States of America and Canada (North America and South America).

Introduced, not native, in Chile.

Most records fall in Ontario, Washington, British Columbia, Maryland, Alberta and Massachusetts.

See the North American beaver’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 99,447 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.