beaver

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q47542
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beaver

Summary

beaver is a taxon[1]. beaver has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • beaver's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • beaver is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • beaver is classified within Castoridae[5].
  • beaver belongs to the parent taxon Castorinae[6].
  • beaver belongs to the parent taxon Castorini[7].
  • beaver's scientific name is Castor[8].
  • beaver is a type of herbivore[9].
  • beaver is used for soil enrichment[10].
  • beaver's Commons category is recorded as Castor[11].
  • The taxonomic type of beaver is Castor fiber[12].
  • beaver's Unicode character is recorded as 🦫[13].
  • beaver comprises tail[14].
  • beaver began on -24000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • beaver's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Castor[16].
  • beaver's Commons gallery is recorded as Castor[17].
  • beaver's depicted by is recorded as flag of Oregon[18].
  • beaver's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[19].
  • beaver's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • beaver's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • beaver's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • beaver's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23].
  • beaver's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[24].
  • beaver's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[25].
  • beaver's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[26].
  • beaver's has effect is recorded as flood[27].

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Classification

beaver's scientific name is Castor[8]. beaver is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Castoridae[5], Castorinae[6], and Castorini[7]. The taxonomic type of beaver is Castor fiber[12].

Identifiers

beaver's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43792[28]. beaver's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10184[29]. beaver's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42276[30]. beaver's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3240758[31]. beaver's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180211[32].

Discovery and Description

Things named for beaver include Beaver Wars[33], a series of wars[34], in United States[35]; busy beaver[36]; DBeaver[37], a software[38], founded in 2011[39]; Beaver UAV[40], an attack drone[41], founded in 2023[42]; Kastoria[43], a human settlement[44], in Greece[45]; Beaverton[46], a city of Oregon[47], in United States[48], founded in 1847[49]; and Castoro Sei[50], a semi-submersible[51].

Why It Matters

beaver has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] beaver is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

Entities named for beaver include Beaver Wars[33], a series of wars[34], in United States[35]; busy beaver[36]; DBeaver[37], a software[38], founded in 2011[39]; Beaver UAV[40], an attack drone[41], founded in 2023[42]; Kastoria[43], a human settlement[44], in Greece[45]; and Beaverton[46], a city of Oregon[47], in United States[48], founded in 1847[49].

References

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  6. [46] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [50] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  7. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [52] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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