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Common Name

American Beaver

Specimen Numbers

UWBM-81081

Species

Species: canadensis

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Rodentia Suborder: Sciuromorpha Family: Castoridae Genus: Castor Species: canadensis 34

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	133.522	94.715	66.53
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	16.735	46.163	24.217
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	26.321	30.911	31.964
Cervical Vertebrae 3	26.321	30.911	31.964
Scapula	87.951	32.76	37.26

Specimen Elements

City

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

Unknown Unknown

Collection

Burke Museum: Mammology

Sex

Female

Is Complete

Yes

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Country: USA State: Washington - - Location:

Cause Of Death

Unknown

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Comments

Collected in King county Washington; Cougar Mountain; Near Coal Creek at the red town trail: 195m. Lat: 45.53507 Long: 122.129973 1079-311-77.38 nonparous Prer: E.E. Makela 720