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Animal Journal #2 by Wild101Life

Non-Fiction

Second book for the animal studies. I update the animals, as I come cross new facts. I get the information from many different books (so, credit to them), along with the pictures form google. I do take request, either DM or put it in the co...

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313) Mountain Beaver

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Scientific name: Aplodontia rufa

Weight: 2.2-3.3 lbs Length: 12-16 in

Tail; 1.1-1.5 in Shoulder Height: 4.5-5.5 in

Lives: Canada, USA along the Pacific coast,

Diet: Diet: Fleshy foods (bleeding heart), grass, succulent, Sword fern, stems of a vine maple, and Douglas fir, new branches of huckleberry and salal,

Kits: 2-4

Along with the incisor teeth continually grow but also their molars and premolars. Since they can't regulated their body temperature and can't conserve their body fat or moisture, the Mountain Beaver can't go into a torpor in the summer or hibernate in the winter and must live in a cool, moist, and stable environments. Mountain Beavers will either store or eat their food right away. The Mountain Beaver lives in burrows, not dams, and will share the burrow with other Beaver's and animals. Some Beavers will even share it's food with another Beaver. Unlike most rodents, the reproduction rate of the Mountain Beaver is low.

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