Castor fiber

E739702

Castor fiber is the Eurasian beaver, a large semi-aquatic rodent known for building dams and lodges in freshwater habitats across Europe and parts of Asia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Castor fiber canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rodent ⓘ
species ⓘ
activityPattern nocturnal ⓘ
averageBodyLength 80–100 cm ⓘ
averageTailLength 25–50 cm ⓘ
averageWeight 11–30 kg ⓘ
binomialName Castor fiber ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
commonName Eurasian beaver ⓘ
European beaver ⓘ
conservationAction reintroduction programs in Europe ⓘ
describedBy Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
diet herbivorous ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Castor canadensis by smaller skull and different tail shape ⓘ
eats aquatic plants ⓘ
leaves ⓘ
tree bark ⓘ
twigs ⓘ
ecosystemImpact hydrological modification ⓘ
wetland creation ⓘ
ecosystemRole ecosystem engineer ⓘ
family Castoridae ⓘ
furType dense waterproof fur ⓘ
genus Castor ⓘ
gestationPeriod about 105–107 days ⓘ
habitat freshwater rivers ⓘ
lakes ⓘ
streams ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
historicalThreat habitat loss ⓘ
hunting for castoreum ⓘ
overhunting for fur ⓘ
iucnStatus Least Concern ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
knownFor canal digging ⓘ
dam building ⓘ
lodge construction ⓘ
lifespanInWild up to about 10–15 years ⓘ
lifestyle semi-aquatic ⓘ
litterSize 1–6 kits ⓘ
monogamous true ⓘ
nativeTo Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Palearctic region ⓘ
linked to: Palearctic realm
order Rodentia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction gives birth once per year ⓘ
similarTo Castor canadensis ⓘ
socialStructure family groups ⓘ
tailShape broad flattened tail ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
usesMaterial mud ⓘ
stones ⓘ
wood ⓘ
yearDescribed 1758 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Castorimorpha → notableMember → Castor fiber ⓘ
Beaver → hasSpecies → Castor fiber ⓘ
Beaver → commonNameOf → Castor fiber ⓘ
Castor canadensis → similarTo → Castor fiber ⓘ
Castor fiber → binomialName → Castor fiber ⓘ