Aplodontia rufa nigra (Mountain Beaver)

Overview

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Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Mountain Beaver, Point Arena Mountain Beaver

Description

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Habitat

Ecology: Mountain beavers are limited to cool, moist environments such as overgrown thickets and seepage areas. A. r. nigra also occupies coastal sand dunes: it is the only subspecies of mountain beaver to inhabit such areas. Burrow systems are formed beneath dense stands of perennial vegetation.[1]

List of Habitats : 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate 12.2 Marine Intertidal - Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits , Etc 13.3 Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Sand Dunes

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Mammalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758
        Subclass: Theriiformes () - (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Infraclass: Holotheria () - (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Superlegion: Trechnotheria () - McKenna, 1975
        Legion: Cladotheria () - McKenna, 1975
        Sublegion: Zatheria () - McKenna, 1975
        Infralegion: Tribosphenida () - (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Supercohort: Theria () - (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Cohort: Placentalia () - (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Magnorder: Epitheria () - (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Superorder: Preptotheria () - (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
        Grandorder: Anagalida () - (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
        Mirorder: Simplicidentata () - (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
        Order: Rodentia () - Bowdich, 1821 - Rodents
        Suborder: Sciuromorpha () - Brandt, 1855
        Superfamily: Aplodontoidea () - (Brandt, 1855) Matthew, 1910
        Family: Aplodontidae () - (Brandt, 1855) Trouessart, 1897
        Genus: Aplodontia () - Richardson, 1829
        Specific name: rufa
        Subspecies: nigra
        Scientific name: - Aplodontia rufa nigra