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*During the 18th century, the beaver was ruled to be a fish by the Roman Catholic Church,<ref>http://www.chowdc.org/Papers/Saunders%202001.html</ref> on the basis of the ''[[Summa Theologica]]''<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3147.htm#8</ref> by [[Thomas Aquinas]]. As such, it may be consumed during Lent.
*During the 18th century, the beaver was ruled to be a fish by the Roman Catholic Church,<ref>http://www.chowdc.org/Papers/Saunders%202001.html</ref> on the basis of the ''[[Summa Theologica]]''<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3147.htm#8</ref> by [[Thomas Aquinas]]. As such, it may be consumed during Lent.
*Though very similar in appearance the European beaver (''Castor fiber'') and North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') cannot hybridize, because the European bever has 48 [[chromosomes]] while the North American beaver has only 40.
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