"Oops…a Beaver Again!" Eurasian Beaver Recorded by Citizen-Science in New Areas of Central and Southern Italy.

The Eurasian beaver was once present in the Palearctic, ranging from the western Iberian Peninsula to northwestern China. In the Middle Ages, this rodent underwent a severe decline in population due to habitat loss, hunting for fur and meat, and the demand for castoreum. At the beginning of 1900, the range of the Eurasian beaver was limited to scattered refugia in Eurasia.