Castor canadensis

Kuhl, 1820

North American Beaver

Recently constructed canal along edge of pond. Also as American Beaver|Canadian Beaver.
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Location:UnknownDate taken:Jan 1, 1978

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 247

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Castorimorphi
Superfamily : Castoroidea
Family : Castoridae
Subfamily : Castorinae
Genus : Castor

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kuhl, H. 1820. Beiträge zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie. Hermannsche Buchhandlung, Frankfurt am Main, 212 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230860

Original name as described

Castor canadensis

Other common names

American Beaver · Canadian Beaver

Type locality

"Ad fretum Hudsoni, [Hudson Strait or Bay], " Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001957

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 34 names and synonyms.

Castor canadensis

Kuhl, 1820

Family

Castoridae

Root name

canadensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230860

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1829:288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  2. Murray (1866:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Coues (1867:362, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41181581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68670)
  4. Coues (1868:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26288874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15057)
  5. Sclater (1872:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  6. Merriam (1890:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799632) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14545)
  7. Flower & Lydekker (1891:458, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
  8. Parsons (1894:252, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30982279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69210)
  9. Allen (1896:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15951)
  10. Merriam (1899:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14568)
  11. Osgood (1901:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14861)
  12. Trouessart (1904:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  13. Bailey (1905:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  14. Swarth (1911:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29510846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68774)
  15. Taylor (1916:429, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29524855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69087)
  16. Harper (1927:342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67783)
  17. Grinnell (1933:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
  18. Hall (1934:374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69519)
  19. Bailey (1936:218, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  20. Anderson (1937:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72305)
  21. Necker & Hatfield (1941:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69510)
  22. Lange (1960:447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66898)
  23. Kurtén (1968:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)
  24. Anderson (1972:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
  25. Corbet & Hill (1980:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  26. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  27. Corbet & Hill (1991:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  28. Wilson (1993:467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69020)
  29. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9678)
  30. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  31. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  32. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  33. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  34. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  35. D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
  36. Meinig, Boye, Dähne, Hutterer & Lang (2020:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70294)
  37. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  38. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  39. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4003/22187946) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Castor fiber, var. B, nigra

J. Richardson, 1829

Family

Castoridae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27984611

Authority publication

London

Castor fiber Canadensis

de Blainville, 1855

Family

Castoridae

Root name

canadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57986935

Authority publication

Ostéographie

Name usages

  1. Blainville (1855:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57986935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37133)
  2. Rhoads (1896:192, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1675534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14622)

Castor americanus niger

Fitzinger, 1867

Family

Castoridae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · preoccupied

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476803

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476803) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Castor canadensis leucodontus

J. E. Gray, 1869

Family

Castoridae

Root name

leucodontus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1868.3.19.5 (= BMNH:Mamm:496b)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0c07e793-c093-46d8-be3c-49b100cf69be

Authority page

293

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27735120

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Swarth (1911:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29510846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68774)
  2. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9678)

Castor canadensis frondator

Mearns, 1897

Family

Castoridae

Root name

frondator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:20750 (= USNM:MAMM:A35883)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cf4f2cf4-7326-42cb-8488-d3c4e49e1ff9

Authority page

502

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838317

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1905:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  2. Taylor (1916:454, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29524904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69087)
  3. Grinnell (1933:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69515)
  4. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9678)

Castor canadensis carolinensis

Rhoads, 1898

Family

Castoridae

Root name

carolinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-16601

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-16601

Authority page

420

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30007864

Authority publication

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Harper (1927:342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67783)
  3. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9678)

Castor canadensis pacificus

Rhoads, 1898

Family

Castoridae

Root name

pacificus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 8077 (= SNR 1077)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

422

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30007866

Authority publication

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Taylor (1916:442, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29524884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69087)
  3. Bailey (1936:218, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  4. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9678)

Castor canadensis fondator

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Castoridae

Root name

fondator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

346

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423227

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Castor canadensis texensis

V. O. Bailey, 1905

Family

Castoridae

Root name

texensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:135744

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3de81e5ec-ac62-476f-b2cd-1d0a22e72b14

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801781

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1905:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  2. Helgen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9678)

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