Tail, black, paddle-like. Large inscisor teeth for cutting branches and tree trunks. Notes Once extensively trapped for their fur, the beaver has managed to survive in large numbers. The beaver is an active animal and appears to be constantly busy, whether building a dam or a lodge, or gathering a food cache to feed it through the winter.
Few animals are capable of altering a landscape as much as the beaver.
In its quest to create and maintain a suitable habitat, the beaver creates wetlands which become breeding and feeding habitats of waterfowl, fish and other water-dependent mammals. Sometimes it will come into conflict with man by cutting valuable trees and creating floodlands by plugging culverts. In the water, the beaver is usually safe from predators, However, on land it is awkward and often falls prey to wolves, coyotes, red fox, black bears, lynx, bobcats, fishers and even domestic dogs.