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Definition of Mountain beaver
1. Noun. Bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent.
Generic synonyms: Gnawer, Rodent
Group relationships: Aplodontia, Genus Aplodontia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountain Beaver
Literary usage of Mountain beaver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
"Sometimes he is called Showt'l and sometimes the Boomer, and sometimes the
Chehalis, but most folks call him the mountain beaver." "Is it because he looks ..."
2. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1899)
"... Columbia as the mountain beaver, is one of the most curious and striking of
... among large colonies of "mountain beaver" without e.ver seeing one. ..."
3. California Mammals by Frank Stephens (1906)
"It would appear that other animals prey on the mountain beaver as I caught a
weasel and two skunks in traps set for mountain beaver. ..."
4. The Great Deserts and Forests of North America by Paul Fountain (1901)
"In a shallow mountain stream, which, however, was running with a brisk current,
I came upon a family of Californian mountain beaver, which differs much from ..."
5. Description of a New Species of Sea Snake from the Philippine Islands: With by John Van Denburgh, Joseph Cheesman Thompson (1908)
"... Aplodontia californica (Peters) Sierra mountain beaver Original ... California
mountain beaver. Range—High Transition and Boreal zones on the central ..."
6. Improving Planting Stock Quality: The Humboldt Experience by James L. Jenkinson (1995)
"Thereafter, elk, deer, mountain beaver, gophers, or cattle damaged or destroyed
one or more ... Elk, deer, and mountain beaver ruined the test of source WA ..."
7. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
"Sometimes he is called Showt'l and sometimes the Boomer, and sometimes the
Chehalis, but most folks call him the mountain beaver." "Is it because he looks ..."
8. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1899)
"... Columbia as the mountain beaver, is one of the most curious and striking of
... among large colonies of "mountain beaver" without e.ver seeing one. ..."
9. California Mammals by Frank Stephens (1906)
"It would appear that other animals prey on the mountain beaver as I caught a
weasel and two skunks in traps set for mountain beaver. ..."
10. The Great Deserts and Forests of North America by Paul Fountain (1901)
"In a shallow mountain stream, which, however, was running with a brisk current,
I came upon a family of Californian mountain beaver, which differs much from ..."
11. Description of a New Species of Sea Snake from the Philippine Islands: With by John Van Denburgh, Joseph Cheesman Thompson (1908)
"... Aplodontia californica (Peters) Sierra mountain beaver Original ... California
mountain beaver. Range—High Transition and Boreal zones on the central ..."
12. Improving Planting Stock Quality: The Humboldt Experience by James L. Jenkinson (1995)
"Thereafter, elk, deer, mountain beaver, gophers, or cattle damaged or destroyed
one or more ... Elk, deer, and mountain beaver ruined the test of source WA ..."
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