🦫Canadian beaver
A kanadai hód (Castor canadensis) a rágcsálók (Rodentia) rendjébe és a hódfélék (Castoridae) családjába tartozó faj, kulcsfaj. Nagyobb testű rokona az eurázsiai hód.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 20 kg
- Body length
- 0.78 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 23 years
Everything we know about the Canadian beaver
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass20 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 20 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.78 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass45 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan23 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 23 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length7.28 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.8 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation114 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 128 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.06 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.6 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l20 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Canadian beaver yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familyCastoridae
- ›genusCastor
- ›speciesCastor canadensis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- familyCastoridae
- genusCastor
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderCastorimorpha
- familyCastoridae
- genusCastor
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