Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758
(Beaver)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCastor fiber (Beaver)
FamilyCASTORIDAE (beavers)
OrderRODENTIA (rodents)
ClassMAMMALIA (mammals)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gaywood, M., Batty, D. & Galbraith, C. 2008 Reintroducing the European Beaver in Britain British Wildlife Vol 19, no. 6: 381-391.

Castor fiber (Beaver) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Castor fiber (Beaver)
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