What is a beaver family called?
The beaver family is called a colony. A mother and father beaver stay together for their whole lives; and both parents help to raise the babies which are called kits. A female has to wait three and a half months for her kits to be born. While she waits she builds warm, comfortable beds by splitting soft wood into thin chips. Beavers usually have a litter of four kits who live with their parents for two years. The life span of beavers can be up to 19 years.
