MOUNTAIN BEAVER

stout, short-limbed North American rodent, Aplodontia rufa, not closely related to the true beaver. Also called sewellel beaver after the Chinook word for a robe made from its pelts, it is among the most primitive of the rodents and the only living member of its family. The mountain beaver is about 12 in. (30.5 cm) long, grayish or brownish red in color, and nearly tailless. With small eyes and ears and a blunted muzzle, it resembles a tailless muskrat. Its enlarged claws make it an excellent burrower, and it is also a good swimmer and tree climber. Generally nocturnal, the mountain beaver is found along the Pacific coast from British Columbia to California. Inhabiting damp, wooded country near streams, the rodent eats bark, leaves, and twigs. It builds complex colonial burrows with chambers for food storage, sleeping, and nesting. The location of mountain beavers is in part explained by the fact that they cannot adequately regulate the temperature of their bodies and must therefore live in stable, cool, moist environments. Mountain beavers are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Rodentia, family Aplodontidae.

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books on: Mountain Beaver  - 5293 results

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1.
A Mountain Boyhood
Book by Joe Mills, Enos B. Comstock; University of Nebraska Press, 1988
Subjects: Colorado--Biography, Longs Peak (Colo.), Mills, Joe--1880-1935--Childhood And Youth, Natural History--Colorado, Pioneers--Colorado--Biography, Rocky Mountain National Park (Colo.)--History
...VIII. THE PROVERBIAL BUSY BEAVER 141 X. IX. MOUNTAIN CLIMBING 163...cony is something like the beaver far down on the flats below...He is the scout of the mountain top, always alert and friendly...
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Fur Nation: From the Beaver to Brigitte Bardot
Book by Chantal Nadeau; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Fur Garments, Fur Trade--Canada
...elements of a so-called historical epic staged in the snowy mountain (see Figure 2.2). How did Hollywood ever become interested in this rather remote and dull local story of beaver fever? Hollywoods fascination for the North and the snow led...
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The Beaver Bites Back? American Popular Culture in Canada
Book by David H. Flaherty, Frank E. Manning; McGill-Queens University Press, 1993
Subjects: Canada--Civilization--American Influences, Popular Culture--Canada, Popular Culture--United States
The Beaver Bites Back? -ii- The Beaver Bites Back? American Popular Culture in Canada Edited...Cataloguing in Publication Data Main entry under title: The Beaver bites back?: American popular culture in Canada Includes...
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After Lewis and Clark: Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific
Book by Robert M. Utley, Peter H. Dana; University of Nebraska Press, 2004
Subjects: Frontier And Pioneer Life--West (U.S.), Fur Trade--West (U.S.)--History, Fur Traders--West (U.S.)--Biography, Overland Journeys To The Pacific, Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Biography, Trappers--West (U.S.)--Biography, West (U.S.)--Discovery And Exploration, West (U.S.)--History--To 1848
...cial reward in the beaver streams of the Rocky Mountains. In their allotted...it to fruition. As beaver trappers and fur traders, the mountain men wrote one chapter...the powerful spell beaver and mountains cast over Edward Robinson...
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The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life
Book by Francis Parkman, Frederic Remington; Little Brown, 1892
Subjects: Frontier And Pioneer Life--West (U.S.), Indians Of North America--West (U.S.), Oregon National Historic Trail, West (U.S.)--Description And Travel
...immediately to American control of the Rocky Mountain beaver trade and to explorations of the great unknown...began equipping the trappers for their spring beaver hunts in the mountains; the Indians were breaking up their winter lodges...
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The Mountain Man and American Anguish: The Telewester, the Scapegoat Complex, and the Extreme West
Journal article by Patrick McCarthy; Journal of Popular Film and Television, Vol. 24, 1997
Subjects: Motion Pictures, Television Broadcasting
...In Buffalo Girls veteran mountain man Bartle Bone is concerned...indiscriminate slaughter of beaver and buffalo in the West...portrayed two veteran mountain men, Bartle Bone (Jack Palance...indiscriminate slaughter of beaver and buffalo in the far West...
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Saving Black Mountain: The Promise of Critical Literacy in a Multicultural Democracy
Journal article by Rebecca Powell, Susan Chambers Cantrell, Sandra Adams; The Reading Teacher, Vol. 54, 2001
...sustain a self-sufficient agricultural economy. Even today, mountain people in areas such as eastern Kentucky depend largely on...land and 70% of the mineral rights were owned by corporations (Beaver, 1983). The coal companies continue to wield tremendous power...
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Alfred Packer's World: Risk, Responsibility, and the Place of Experience in Mountain Culture, 1873-1907
Journal article by Diana Di Stefano; Journal of Social History, Vol. 40, 2006
Subjects: Gold miners--History, Gold miners--Influence, Packer, Alfred--History, Packer, Alfred--Influence
...environment had unique impacts on development. While not about the mountains, works that prove the connections among the environment, land...Hamar Foster and Chet Orloff, Law for the Elephant, Law for the Beaver: Essays in the Legal History of the North American West (Pasadena...
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Embedded in the "Battle of the Lakes": A Report from the Textual Frontlines of the 1833 Humboldt Sink Massacre
Journal article by Cheryll Glotfelty; ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly), Vol. 18, 2004
Subjects: Indian Wars, 1622-1890--Media coverage, Native Americans--Media coverage, Native Americans--Wars, Nevada--History
...trapping and trading in the Rocky Mountain West, structured around the...field as he had been in the beaver fields. Failing to interest...lieutenant, the experienced mountain man Joseph Walker, to lead...became infuriated when their beaver traps were stolen from the...
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Technology, World View, and Adaptive Strategy in a Northern Hunting Society
Journal article by Robin Ridington; Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 19, 1982
Subjects: Anthropology, Sociology
...AMONG THE BEAVER INDIANS The Beaver Indians call themselves Dunne-za...Peace River between the Rocky Mountains and Lake Athabaska. Hunting...important big game animals were mountain sheep and goats, moose, wood...important food resources were beaver, rabbits, porcupine, and whistler...
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Godly Mountain Man: Like All Fur Trappers of the Early 1800s, Jedediah Smith Wore Buckskin and Carried a Rifle. but, Unlike Many Others, He Also Carried a Bible and Exhibited a Deep Love for God
Magazine article by Jodie Gilmore; The New American, Vol. 20, August 23, 2004
Subjects: Mountain men--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Religion, Religious beliefs
...and signed on as a mountain man with General...north in search of beaver. But horses were...have a word for beaver--the best they could...the San Bernardino Mountains, Jedediah turned...through Tehachapi Mountains, into the San Joaquin...where he had heard beaver were plentiful...
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Leave the Wetlands to Beaver - as Beavers Reclaim Their Rightful Places in Our Environment, Experts Help Us Adjust to Our Industrious New Neighbors
Magazine article by Christie Aschwanden; National Wildlife, October 2002
Subjects: Beavers, Environmentalists--Planning, Human-animal relationships, Tippie, Sherrie--Planning
...Marilyn Irwin, a ranger at Colorados Rocky Mountain National Park, where beavers are one of the top attractions. Beavers...acres stretch across a backdrop of jagged mountains, and beavers have made their homes on the ranch for ages...
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CREATURES THAT TIME FORGOT - from a Handful of Bugs and Birds to Mountain Beavers, Species That Have Changed Little after Tens to Hundreds of Millions of Years Both Fascinate and Puzzle Biologists Who Study "Living Fossils"
Magazine article by Lisa W. Drew; National Wildlife, June 2002
Subjects: Evolution--Research, Fossils--Research, Species diversity--Research
...handful of bugs and birds to mountain beavers, species that have changed little...by Lisa W. Drew A MOUNTAIN BEAVERS reaction to overheating is hardly...is eventually doomed. The mountain beaver, however, has persisted longer...
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How Kit Carson Helped Tame the West: The Legendary Explorer and Mountain Man-Who Could Neither Read nor Write, Yet Was Fluent in a Number of Languages-Provides Historians with an Interesting Paradox: A Daring and Fearless Individual Who Was Both Friend and Foe to Native Americans
Magazine article by Gerald F. Kreyche; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 136, July 2007
Subjects: Carson, Christopher, Frontiersmen--Biography
...in search of beaver. Carson was chosen...Utahs Wasatch Mountains, to Phoenix...commonly known as beaver. Switching occupations Mountain men now were...soft gold of the beaver pelts was replaced...the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming and...
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A Rocky Mountain High: A Summer Visit to Butte, Colorado
Magazine article by Stephen Gorman; World and I, Vol. 19, June 2004
Subjects: Crested Butte, Colorado--Description and travel, Crested Butte, Colorado--History
...relied upon the abundant wild game, berries, and nuts found there. The Utes coexisted peacefully with the mountain men who came to trap beaver for the fur trade in the early decades of the nineteenth century. Later, they welcomed the ranchers who...
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newspaper articles on: Mountain Beaver  - 241 results

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Now You Sea It; in Association with Fish4 STUNING HOME, STUNNING VIEWS... BEAVER LODGE HAS IT ALL
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 7, 2006
...home with a stunning outlook. Beaver Lodge on Llandudnos Great Orme has views to make a Welsh mountain goat envious. Set among extensive...lower slopes of the headland, Beaver Lodge is considered one of...in abundance. As youd hope, Beaver Lodge still has many of its...
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Beaver Win Might Be Costly for Pac-10 Schools
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), October 31, 2006
...like the Ducks or Cougars more than the Beavers, who were there three years ago. Opponent is the top pick from Mountain West, which looks like BYU, though thats...between make it? OSU should. At 5-3, the Beavers need two wins with Arizona State and...
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Three Beaver Hurlers Blank ASU
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), February 12, 2006
...eight in her complete-game victory. The Beavers (2-2) had scored four times in the second...lacrosse with an 18-9 loss to Stanford in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play on Saturday...freestyle relay, Ausra Pacebutaite brought the Beavers home in 3 minutes, 29.05 seconds to secure...
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Rocky Mountain High with 54 Peaks Poking 14,000 Feet above Sea Level, Colorado Offers Hikers a Chance to Find Their Own Personal Everest
Newspaper article by Dan Leeth; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 10, 2005
...the Colorado mountain resort of Beaver Creek lies eerily...trip is ideal for mountain lovers who are...Need to know: Beaver Creek Hiking Center...fourteener climbs: The Beaver Creek Hiking Center...197), Missouri Mountain (14,067) and Mount...
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The Rocky Mountain Lowdown; Colorado Attracts the Stars, but There Are Areas We Can All Afford
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 3, 2004
...climate offers opportunities for mountain biking, hiking, fishing and...golf courses between Vail and Beaver Creek, excellent rafting and...worlds most spectacular high-mountain terrain. Most expensive areas...or the gated communities of Beaver Creek, Bachelor Gulch or Arrowhead...
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encyclopedia articles on: Mountain Beaver  - 12 results

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Mountain Beaver
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MOUNTAIN BEAVER stout, short-limbed North American...only living member of its family. The mountain beaver is about 12 in. (30.5 cm) long, grayish...tree climber. Generally nocturnal, the mountain beaver is found along the Pacific coast from...
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Sewellel Beaver
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SEWELLEL BEAVER see mountain beaver . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Beaver
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...America from the arctic tree line to the S United States. The mountain beaver of W North America is not a true beaver, but a nonaquatic rodent of a different family. The beaver is the largest living rodent except the capybara , and is distinguished...
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Mountain Men
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...settlers to Oregon (also guided by mountain men), the old life began to...trade. In the late 1830s the beaver hat went out of style with the result that the price of beaver pelts declined to such a low...no longer profitable for the mountain men to pursue their intense...
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Rodent
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of rodents have descended from different ancestors and should thus be placed in orders of their own. See also mountain beaver , ground squirrel , flying squirrel , pack rat , bandicoot rat , and jumping mouse . Bibliography...
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