Castor canadensis Kuhl, 1820

Don E. Wilson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Castoridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 467-467 : 467

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scientific name	Castor canadensis Kuhl, 1820
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Castor canadensis Kuhl, 1820 View in CoL . Beitr. Zool. Vergi. Anat., 1:64.

TYPE LOCALITY: Canada, Hudson Bay .

DISTRIBUTION: Brooks Range in Alaska ( USA) to Labrador ( Canada), Tamaulipas ( Mexico), and N Florida ( USA). Introduced in Europe and Asia.

STATUS: IUCN - Endangered as C. c. frondator and C. c. mexicanus.

SYNONYMS: acadicus, baileyi, belugae, caecator , carolinensis, concisor, duchesnei, frondator, idoneus, labradorensis, leucodontus, mexicanus, michiganensis, missouriensis, pallidus, phaeus, repentinus, rostralis, sagittatus, shastensis, subauratus, taylori, texensis.

COMMENTS: Lavrov and Orlov (1973) considered this species distinct from fiber . Reviewed by Jenkins and Busher (1979, Mammalian Species, 120).