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Line 1: − {{Taxonomy|image = Beaver.jpg|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = Chordata|subphylum = Vertebrata|class = Mammalia|order = Rodentia|suborder = Myomorpha|family = Castoridae|genus = Castor|species = C. canadensis<br>C. fiber}} − '''Beavers''' are two species of large, aquatic, flat-tailed [[rodent]] of the [[Northern hemisphere]]. The only larger rodent is the [[capybara]]. − Beavers live in dams, some of immense size, which they construct by felling waterside trees. Though superficially this can appear destructive, the activities of beavers do much to preserve the existing forms of rivers and stabilise their flow, and provide significant areas of [[wetland]] habitat in their vicinity.+ − − Beaver fur was formerly much sought after, and unrestricted hunting and trapping has done much to reduce their range both in North America, and in Europe, where it historically became extinct in [[Great Britain]] and [[France]], though reintroduction programmes are now underway. − − − − *The beaver is the national animal of [[Canada]]. − − *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. − − == References == − <references /> − − − − [[Category:Rodents]]
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== Beaver Trivia ==