🦫Canadian beaver
De Canadese bever of Noord-Amerikaanse bever (Castor canadensis) is een knaagdier uit het geslacht bevers (Castor). Het is het grootste knaagdier van Noord-Amerika. Hij lijkt veel op de Europese bever (Castor fiber), en beide dieren werden vroeger weleens tot dezelfde soort gerekend. De Canadese bever heeft echter een donkerder vacht en een kortere snuit. Ook legt de Canadese bever meer dammen aan dan de Europese bever. De Canadese bever is het nationale dier van Canada.
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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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