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1. How many different species of beaver are there in the world?
2. Beavers belong to their own genus: Castor. Why were they given this name?
3. Casteroides is the name given to the prehistoric beaver that swam the freshwater lakes of North America long ago. How large was this beaver ancestor?
4. How many incisors does a beaver have?
5. True or False: Beavers have an adaptation for underwater woodcutting.
6. A Beaver's diet consists mainly of bark and twigs, but what else do beavers eat?
7. Beavers are coprophagous. What does that mean?
8. True or False: Beavers are often found living in small colonies of 6 or 7 beavers.
9. A beaver's tail is one of its most recognizable characteristics. Which of the following is NOT a way beavers use their tails?
10. Finally, everyone knows that the only rodent larger than the beaver is the capybara. But where do capybara live?
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