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===The European beaver===

===The European beaver===

The European beaver is currently an endangered species. It was hunted almost to extinction. This was done because of its [[fur]], and because of [[castoreum]]. Castoreum is made by a certain [[gland]], which is also responsible for the smell of the animal.<ref>{{IUCN2006|assessors=Gippoliti|year=2002|id=4007|title=Castor fiber|downloaded=May 11, 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is near threatened</ref> People are currently (2007) reintroducing the beaver, because the important role of the beaver for the ecology of rivers was discovered.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wwf.at/Projekte/artenschutz/project141 |title=Europäischer Biber |publisher=[[World Wide Fund for Nature|WWF Österreich]] |accessdate=August 24, 2006}}</ref> Beaver dams (or the small lakes that form) provide a habitat for many species.

The European beaver is currently an endangered species. It was hunted almost to extinction. This was done because of its [[fur]], and because of [[castoreum]]. Castoreum is made by a certain [[gland]], which is also responsible for the smell of the animal.<ref>{{IUCN2006|assessors=Gippoliti|year=2002|id=4007|title=Castor fiber|downloaded=May 11, 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is near threatened</ref> People are currently (2007) reintroducing the beaver, because the important role of the beaver for the ecology of rivers was discovered.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wwf.at/Projekte/artenschutz/project141 |title=Europäischer Biber |publisher=[[World Wide Fund for Nature|WWF Österreich]] |access-date=August 24, 2006 |archive-date=February 14, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050214001212/http://www.wwf.at/Projekte/artenschutz/project141/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Beaver dams (or the small lakes that form) provide a habitat for many species.

== Beaver fur ==

== Beaver fur ==

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* [http://www.ecology.info/beaver-ecology.htm Ecology of the Beaver]

* [http://www.ecology.info/beaver-ecology.htm Ecology of the Beaver] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217140758/http://www.ecology.info/beaver-ecology.htm |date=2020-02-17 }}

* [http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/o1_e.cfm Canadian Heritage - the beaver as a national symbol]

* [http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/o1_e.cfm Canadian Heritage - the beaver as a national symbol]

* [http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/ugafax/QL737xR6xD84 The romance of the beaver;] being the history of the beaver in the western hemisphere, by A. Radclyffe Dugmore. Illustrated with photographs from life and drawings by the author. Publisher: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company; London, W. Heinemann 1914 ''(a searchable facsimile at the University of Georgia Libraries)''

* [http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/ugafax/QL737xR6xD84 The romance of the beaver;] being the history of the beaver in the western hemisphere, by A. Radclyffe Dugmore. Illustrated with photographs from life and drawings by the author. Publisher: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company; London, W. Heinemann 1914 ''(a searchable facsimile at the University of Georgia Libraries)''