| female beaver | gives birth in May or June  |  |
| has average number of babies 3-4 | |
| has gestation period 100 days | |
| is a kind of beaver | |
| is a kind of female mammal | |
| beaver | builds dam | |
| eats tree bark, grasses, herbs, leaves of woody plants, fruits, and aquatic plants | |
| has colour brown | |
| has Family name Family Castoridae | |
| has length up to 1.3 m including its 30 cm long tail | |
has picture  | |
| has scientific name Castor canadensis | |
| is the largest rodent in North America | |
| is eaten by wolf, coyote, bear, lynx, river otter, and wolverine | |
| slaps water with its tail if it senses danger | |
| swims up to 7 km an hour | |
| uses its tail as a rudder when swimming | |
| weighs 16 to 32kg | |
| female mammal | gives birth to live babies | |
| suckles babies | |
| rodent | has Order name Order Rodentia | |
| mammal | is warm-blooded | |
| may catch rabies | |
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