{"id":3747,"date":"2009-12-08T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/beaver-castor-canadensis\/"},"modified":"2021-06-09T14:53:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T14:53:23","slug":"beaver-castor-canadensis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/2009\/12\/08\/beaver-castor-canadensis\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaver &#8211; Castor canadensis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beaver (<i>Castor canadensis<\/i>) are found throughout Colorado, sometimes even in urban areas.  These large members of the rodent family are well known for their ability to change and control the hydrology of the streams where they live. <\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7061\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/beaver-ponds-2.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"beaver lodge\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/beaver-ponds-2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/beaver-ponds-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Typical beaver pond with lodge in Hinsdale County, Colorado.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nAlthough beaver dams and ponds are a common landscape feature in many of Colorado&#8217;s higher mountain valleys, we don&#8217;t usually think of finding them in the canyons of the eastern plains.  CNHP Zoologist John Sovell took these photos of a beaver next to its den in the bank of a small stream in southeastern Colorado. <\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7062\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/beaver2.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"269\" alt=\"beaver next to bank den\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/beaver2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/beaver2-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Close up of a beaver next to its muddy bank den.&nbsp; No gorgeous mid-stream lodges here!<\/span> \n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7063\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/beaver3.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"306\" alt=\"beaver in SE Colorado\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/beaver3.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/beaver3-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> Off to find some lunch&#8230;<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nHere, instead of majestic aspen and mountain willows, a beaver must make do with coyote willow and cottonwood saplings.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7064\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/beaver-habitat-SECO.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"beaver habitat in SE Colorado\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/beaver-habitat-SECO.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/beaver-habitat-SECO-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> What passes for beaver habitat in the riparian areas of the southeast plains of Colorado.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beaver (Castor canadensis) are found throughout Colorado, sometimes even in urban areas. 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