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New York Symbols, Animal: Beaver
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Beaver
(Castor canadensis)
Adopted in 1975.
The beaver was adopted as the State animal in 1975. Adult beavers are three to four feet long and weigh 40 to 50 pounds. They build dams by packing mud with their long, flat tails.
To provide beaver pelts to European markets in the early 1600s, fur traders settled near the present capital, Albany, to trade with Indians.
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| Kingdom |
Animalia -- animals |
| Phylum |
Chordata -- chordates |
| Subphylum |
Vertebrata -- vertebrates |
| Class |
Mammalia |
| Order |
Rodentia |
| Family |
Castoridae |
| Genus |
Castor |
| Species |
Castor canadensis |
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