Mountain beaver - Wikipedia
The mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa) [Note 1] is a North American rodent. It is the only living member of its genus, Aplodontia, and family, Aplodontiidae. [2]
Mountain beaver | Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
Mountain beavers are considered by many taxonomists to be the world's most primitive living rodent species. They are not really beavers, but were so named because they gnaw bark and …
Mountain beaver | North American Rodent, Habitat & Diet
mountain beaver, (Aplodontia rufa), a muskrat-sized burrowing rodent found only in the Pacific Northwest of North America. Unlike the American and Eurasian beavers (genus Castor), the …
Aplodontia rufa nigra - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Mountain beavers are the only extant member of the family Aplodontidae, and are considered the most primitive living rodents. Mountain beavers are stout, compact and cylindrical and have a …
Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Aplodontia. Identification Numbers. TSN: 180132. Geography. Working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the …
ADW: Aplodontia rufa: INFORMATION
The genus name Aplodontia is derived from the Greek roots haploos, which means simple, and ondontos, which means tooth. Therefore the genus name roughly translates to "simple tooth". …
Mountain Beaver - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
The Mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa) is a rodent from North America. It should not be confused with true North American and Eurasian beavers, to which it is not closely related; instead its …
Mountain Beavers - Discover Lewis & Clark
The so-called mountain beaver is the only species, rufa (ROO-fuh; reddish), [4] in the only genus, Aplodontia (ap-lo-DON-ti-uh), in the singular family Aplodontiidae (AP-lo-don-TEE-ih-dee). …
Mountain Beaver - A-Z Animals
2024年5月27日 · Aplodontia refers to the single basin that comprises the bulk of each tooth. The mountain beaver is the only living member of its genus. The mountain beaver is usually either …
Mountain Beavers - Pacific Coast Science and Learning Center …
2018年12月13日 · The muskrat-sized mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa) is a primitive species of rodent that lives in underground burrows, coming out at night to feed on a wide variety of …