1. M A I L E E
Beaver

2. Table of Contents
Characteristics
Habitat
Food Sources
Predators
Animals that Share this Habitat
Positive and Negative Effects of Humans
Effect of Losing a Member of the Food Chain

3. Characteristics
 Can weigh from 16 to 32 kg
 From 60 to 80 cm long
 Oily fur to stay waterproof
 Hind webbed feet and sharp claws on front paws
 Fast swimmer
 Tails are usually 30cm long

4. Habitat
 Lives in wooded streams and wetlands
 Builds dens, dams, and lodges
 Usually 1 or more underwater passages
 Houses are about 5m wide and 2m high
 Made of mud and branches
 Inside is a feeding area and a dry space for the nest

5. Food Sources
 Eats bark, leaves, grass, berries, and water plants
 Their favorite type of bark is aspen
 Beavers are herbivores

6. Predators
Wolf
Bear
Coyote
Wolverine
Lynx
River otter

7. Animals that Share this Habitat
 River otters
 Fish
 Frogs
 Birds
 Ducks

8. Positive and Negative Effects of Humans
 Humans cut down forests for wood
 They drain wetlands for houses
 Polluting water
 Making nature reserves
 Helping the national symbol

9. Effect of losing a member of the food chain
 If there was no sun nothing would exist
 If there no berries there would be no beavers
 If no beavers wolves would need to find a new prey
 If no wolves beavers would over populate