American Beaver
Castor canadensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderRodentia (Rosegadors)
- FamilyCastoridae (Beavers)
- GenusCastor (Beavers)
- SpeciesCastor canadensis (American Beaver)
Closest Relatives at Badlands National Park
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Cynomys ludovicianus
Tamia mineur
Tamias minimus
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Quiller
Erethizon dorsatus
Meadow Vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Fox Squirrel
Sciurus niger
Northern Grasshopper Mouse
Onychomys leucogaster
Plains Harvest Mouse
Reithrodontomys montanus
Deer Mouse
Peromyscus maniculatus
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat
Neotoma cinerea
Muskrat
Ondatra zibethicus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of American Beaver at Badlands National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there