Eurasian Beaver
Eurasian BeaverEurasian BeaverEurasian BeaverEurasian Beaver

Eurasian Beaver

Castor fiber

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Hortobágy National Park
5 Verified records at Hortobágy National Park
November Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) or European beaver is a species of beaver widespread across Eurasia, with a rapidly increasing population of at least 1.5 million in 2020. The Eurasian beaver was hunted to near-extinction for both its fur and castoreum, with only about 1,200 beavers in eight relict populations from France to Mongolia in the early 20th century. It has since been reintroduced into much of its former range and now lives from Western, Southern, Central and Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Russia through China and Mongolia, with about half the population in Russia. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Beaver sighting in Hortobágy National Park, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Hortobágy National Park

Muskrat
LC

Muskrat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Ondatra zibethicus

20–30% · Possible
Mound-building Mouse
LC

Mound-building Mouse

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Mus spicilegus

Insufficient data
Black-bellied Hamster
CR

Black-bellied Hamster

Mammal

Cricetus cricetus

Insufficient data
Eurasian Harvest Mouse
LC

Eurasian Harvest Mouse

Mammal

Micromys minutus

Insufficient data
European Ground Squirrel
EN

European Ground Squirrel

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Spermophilus citellus

Insufficient data
Coypu
LC

Coypu

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Myocastor coypus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
40–50
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
20–30
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
50–60
Nov
5–10
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
40–50%
2 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
30–40%
3 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
30–40%
4 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
20–30%
5 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
20–30%
6 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
20–30%
7 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
10–20%
8 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
10–20%
9 Hortobágy National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
10–20%
10 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
5–10%
11 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%
12 Gauja National Park 🇱🇻 Latvia
Insufficient data
13 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Eurasian Beaver in Hortobágy National Park?

About 16% of wildlife watchers report a Eurasian Beaver sighting in Hortobágy National Park, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Eurasian Beaver in Hortobágy National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Eurasian Beaver in Hortobágy National Park in our monthly data.

← Back to Hortobágy National Park