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Sewellel
Also called: Mountain Beaver.
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- Length
- 12 inches.
- Description
- Body thick-set, legs short, tail very short, projecting but slightly beyond the fur. Above reddish-brown, with scattered black hairs, grayish below, tail black.
- Range
- Cascade Mountains, eastern Washington and Oregon. Several allied species or varieties are found in other parts of these States and in Northern California.
These curious animals are found only in the limited area above described. They are more or less aquatic in habits, living in burrows, near some stream of water, and feeding at dusk or early in the morning on vegetable material of various kinds.