Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758
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Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 58.
Type Locality: Sweden.
Vernacular Names: Eurasian Beaver.
Synonyms: Castor albicus Matschie 1907; Castor albus Kerr 1792; Castor balticus Matschie 1907; Castor belarusicus Lavrov 1974; Castor belorussicus Lavrov 1981; Castor bielorussieus Lavrov 1983; Castor birulai Serebrennikov 1929; Castor flavus Desmarest 1822; Castor fulvus Bechstein 1801; Castor galliae É. Geoffroy 1803; Castor gallicus Fischer 1829; Castor introductus Saveljev 1997; Castor niger Desmarest 1822; Castor orientoeuropaeus Lavrov 1981; Castor osteuropaeus Lavrov 1974; Castor pohlei Serebrennikov 1929; Castor proprius Billberg 1833; Castor solitarius Kerr 1792; Castor tuvinicus Lavrov 1969; Castor variegatus Bechstein 1801; Castor varius Desmarest 1822; Castor vistulanus Matschie 1907.
Distribution: Throughout N Eurasia, including Austria, Belarus, Belgium, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia (populations throughout), Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; formerly extinct but reintroduced in many of these countries. See Nolet and Rosell (1998) and Véron (1992 a).
Conservation: U. S. ESA – Endangered as C. fiber birulai; IUCN – Critically Endangered as C. f. tuvinicus, Vulnerable as C. f. birulai and C. f. pohlei; otherwise Near Threatened.
Discussion: Reviewed by Heidecke (1986), who recognized eight subspecies, and Véron (1992 b), who recognized six; neither supported Lavrov (1983) in treating C. albicus as a separate species. Subspecific boundaries and resultant synonymies are unclear and further obscured by historical translocations and reintroductions.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Castoridae
- Genus
- Castor
- Species
- fiber
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
- Kerr, R. 1792. The animal kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus; class I: Mammalia. London, J. Murray & R. Faulder, 664 pp.
- Lavrov, L. S. 1983. Evolutionary development of the genus Castor and taxonomy of the contemporary beavers of Eurasia. Acta Zoologica Fennica, 174: 87 - 90.
- Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1803. Catalogue des mammiferes du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 272 pp.
- Nolet, B. A., and F. Rosell. 1998. Comeback of the beaver Castor fiber: An overview of old and new conservation problems. Biological Conservation, 83: 165 - 173.
- Heidecke, D. 1986. Taxonomische Aspekte des Artenschutzes am Beispiel der Biber Eurasiens. Hercynia N. F., 23: 146 - 161.