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• n  bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent

• sewellel
• Aplodontia rufa

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• Mountain beaver breaks into Oregon Zoo otter exhibit
  PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Officials at the Oregon Zoo said a mountain beaver was returned to the woods after trespassing in the facility's otter exhibit.
  Aug. 29, 2013 - UPI
• Beaver breaks into Oregon Zoo's otter exhibit
  PORTLAND – A mountain beaver broke into the Oregon Zoo’s river otter exhibit Tuesday and had to be returned to the wild. The mountain beaver is a rodent found only in the Pacific Northwest and parts of California. It is not closely related to Oregon ‘s State Animal, the North American Beaver. Learn more about the mountain beaver. Zoo officials Wednesday said the elusive mountain beaver, also ...
  Aug. 28, 2013 - KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland