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Castor (genus) (Castoridae (family), Rodentia (order), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Members of a genus containing two living species of amphibious rodents native to North America, Europe, and Asia. Beavers have short legs, a stout body, a small, broad, blunt head, large chisel-shaped incisor teeth, a broad, oval, horizontally-flattened, scaly tail, palmated hind feet, and a coat of soft fur. They are distinguished by their ability to chew through trunks and cut down trees, constructing huts of mud and wood for habitation, and dams for preserving a supply of water.
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| Castor (genus) (preferred,C,U,S,English-P,D,U,N)
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| Castor (genus) (Latin-P,D,U,N)
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| beavers (animals) (C,U,C,English,AD,U,N)
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| beaver (animal) (C,U,English,AD,U,N)
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| 河狸屬 (屬) (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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| 河狸 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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| hé lí shǔ (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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| he li shu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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| ho li shu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: H.HL |
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.... Living Organisms (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ living organisms (entities) (G) |
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............ Eukaryota (domain) (G) |
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................ Animalia (kingdom) (G) |
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.................... Chordata (phylum) (G) |
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........................ Vertebrata (subphylum) (G) |
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............................ Mammalia (class) (G) |
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................................ Rodentia (order) (G) |
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.................................... Castoridae (family) (G) |
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........................................ Castor (genus) (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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| Chinese (traditional) ..... 含兩種現存兩棲囓齒類動物的屬，原產於北美洲、歐洲與亞洲。海貍腿短；身形粗壯；頭型小、寬而鈍；門齒大，型如鑿子；尾巴寬，呈橢圓形，橫向扁平，帶鱗；後腳有蹼；皮毛柔軟。特色為能咬斷樹幹、砍倒樹木的能力，以泥漿與木枝建屋居住，也會築水壩貯存供水。 |
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