Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758) occurrence in eastern Slovakia based on indirect signs (2016 – 2017)

Alexander Csanády

doi:10.2478/cszma-2023-0003

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Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758) occurrence in eastern Slovakia based on indirect signs (2016 – 2017)

Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales

Volume 72 (2023): Issue 1 (June 2023)

By: Alexander Csanády

Open Access

|Jun 2023

Abstract

The author states the occurrence of Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758) in the East Slovakia based on indirect signs from water courses. A total of 96 territories (localities) were observed over the years 2016 – 2017. The obtained data help spreading knowledge of species distribution in the territory of Slovakia.

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