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It holds a special place in Canada’s history, and since 1937, the beaver has occupied the place of honour on our five-cent circulation coin. Canadians are used to seeing a lone Castor canadensis on the five-cent coin’s reverse… but this Bigger Picture offers a different take. By re-imagining the five-cent’s “mascot” as a member of a busy beaver colony, the expanded scene highlights the species’ important role in Canada’s boreal forest, where its dams create wetland habitats for other species.