Eurasian Beaver
Castor fiber
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassMammalia (Mammals)
- OrderRodentia (Rodents)
- FamilyCastoridae (Beavers)
- GenusCastor (Beavers)
- SpeciesCastor fiber (Eurasian Beaver)
About the Eurasian Beaver
The Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) or European beaver is a species of beaver widespread across Eurasia, with a rapidly increasing population of 1.5 million in 2020. The Eurasian beaver was hunted to near-extinction for both its fur and castoreum, with only about 1,200 beavers in eight relict populations from France to Mongolia in the early 20th century. It has since been reintroduced into much of its former range and now lives from Western, Southern, Central and Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Russia through China and Mongolia, with about half the population in Russia. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List.
Castor fiber was the scientific name used by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, who described the beaver in his work Systema Naturae. Between 1792 and 1997, several Eurasian beaver zoological specimens were described and proposed as subspecies, including:
C. f. albus and C. f. solitarius by Robert Kerr in 1792 C. f. fulvus and C. f. variegatus by Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1801 C. f. galliae by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1803 C. f. flavus, C. f. varius and C. f. niger by Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest in 1822
C. f. gallicus Johann Baptist Fischer in 1829 C. f. proprius... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Plitvice Lakes National Park
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 | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 2 | Plitvice Lakes National Park | 🇭🇷 Croatia | |
| 3 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Tatra National Park | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | |
| 5 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 7 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 9 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Gauja National Park | 🇱🇻 Latvia | |
| 12 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 13 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 14 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 15 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Eurasian Beaver in Plitvice Lakes National Park?
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Beaver sighting in Plitvice Lakes National Park, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Eurasian Beaver in Plitvice Lakes National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Eurasian Beaver in Plitvice Lakes National Park in our monthly data.