Three New Beavers from Utah

· 1966

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, A. Byron Leonard, Edward H. Taylor ~Volume 1, No. 20, pp. 407-417, 7 figs. in text~ ~December 24, 1948~ The subspecific identity of beavers from Utah seems never to have been carefully investigated. With the exception of the name _Castor canadensis repentinus_ applied to animals from Zion and Parunuweap canyons by Presnall (1938:14), all other writers from 1897 until the present time, have used for animals from Utah, the name combination _Castor canadensis frondator_ Mearns, the type of which is from Sonora, Mexico. Study of specimens of beavers from Utah, accumulated in the collections of the M…

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