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Are European Beaver the same species as was present in Wales and the British Isles?

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Are European Beaver the same species as was present in Wales and the British Isles?

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Yes. There is only one species of beaver (Castor fiber) native to Europe, and with extinction in Wales occurring only around 400 years ago, in evolutionary terms there has been no time for development of a separate species in Britain.