AnAge entry for Castor fiber

Classification (HAGRID: 02856)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Rodentia
                Family: Castoridae
                    Genus: Castor
Species: Castor fiber
Common name: Eurasian beaver
Synonyms: Castor fiber fiber, Castor fiber galliae, Castor fiber albicus, Castor fiber vistulanus, Castor fiber pohlei, Castor fiber birulai, Castor fiber tuvinicus, Castor fiber belorussicus, Castor fiber orientoeuropaeus

Maximum longevity: Not yet established
Observations: It has been suggested that beavers may live as much as 50 years [0434], which is doubtful. Although the maximum longevity of this species cannot be correctly estimated, one specimen lived 13.7 years in captivity [0671].

No information on metabolism is available.

[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves