Eurasian beaver
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| phylum | Chordata | The Eurasian beaver or European beaver was once widespread in Eurasia. It was hunted to near-extinction for both its fur and castoreum, and by 1900 only 1,200 beavers survived in eight relict populations in Europe and Asia. Re-introduced through much of its former range, it now occurs from Great Britain to China and Mongolia, although it is absent from Italy, Portugal and the southern Balkans.
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| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| order | Rodents | |
| family | Castoridae | |
| genus | Castor | |
| species | C. fiber |
