Beaver County Times Archives Obituaries, As the beaver dips underwater, the nose and ears shut to keep water out. The mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa) [Note 1] is a North American rodent. Everything you should know about the Beaver. Beavers, often hailed as nature’s engineers, are far more than just bucktoothed rodents. From beaver basics to beaver history, information on beaver management and climate change, and beyond. There are two extant species: the North American beaver (Castor canadensis) and the Eurasian beaver (C. They enter the world with their eyes open and can swim immediately after birth. [2] It should not be confused with true North American and Eurasian beavers, to which it is not closely related; the mountain beaver is instead more closely related to squirrels. The Beaver is a large, semi-aquatic rodent known for building dams in rivers and creeks. In Canada and the United States, the North American beaver is often referred to simply as "beaver", although this can cause some confusion because another distantly related rodent, Aplodontia rufa, is often called the "mountain beaver". apf7x, dbos, uvhei, jt47ut, ya, htkz, ys, pkti, 3kyuqt, erep,