Mountain Beaver

Mountain Beaver

Aplodontia rufa

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Olympic National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
0–10
Jun
<5
Jul
0–10
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
2 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
3 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Mountain Beaver in Olympic National Park?

About 3% of visitor-days record a Mountain Beaver sighting in Olympic National Park, based on 16 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Mountain Beaver in Olympic National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Mountain Beaver in Olympic National Park in our monthly data.

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