mountain beaver

species of the genus Aplodontia
Taxon taxon Q503813
mountain beaver
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mountain beaver

Summary

mountain beaver is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,609 views/month, #1,376 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • mountain beaver's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • mountain beaver's instance of is recorded as living fossil[4].
  • mountain beaver is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • mountain beaver is classified within Aplodontia[6].
  • mountain beaver's scientific name is Aplodontia rufa[7].
  • mountain beaver's Commons category is recorded as Aplodontia rufa[8].
  • mountain beaver's color is recorded as grey[9].
  • mountain beaver's color is recorded as brown[10].
  • mountain beaver's main food source is recorded as fern[11].
  • mountain beaver's facet of is recorded as forest management[12].
  • mountain beaver's facet of is recorded as reforestation[13].
  • mountain beaver's contributing factor of is recorded as Schälung[14].
  • mountain beaver's has characteristic is recorded as asociality[15].
  • mountain beaver's has characteristic is recorded as short[16].
  • mountain beaver's has characteristic is recorded as opposable thumb[17].
  • mountain beaver's has characteristic is recorded as browsing[18].
  • mountain beaver's has characteristic is recorded as fossorial[19].
  • mountain beaver's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. rufa'}[20].
  • mountain beaver is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mountain Beaver'}[21].
  • mountain beaver is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sewellel'}[22].
  • mountain beaver is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Stummelschwanzhörnchen'}[23].
  • mountain beaver is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Biberhörnchen'}[24].
  • mountain beaver is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Bergbiber'}[25].
  • mountain beaver's different from is recorded as Canadian beaver[26].
  • mountain beaver's different from is recorded as beaver[27].

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Classification

mountain beaver's scientific name is Aplodontia rufa[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[5]. It belongs to the parent taxon Aplodontia[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mountain Beaver'}[21], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sewellel'}[22], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Stummelschwanzhörnchen'}[23], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Biberhörnchen'}[24], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Bergbiber'}[25].

Identifiers

mountain beaver's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43736[28]. mountain beaver's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 51342[29]. mountain beaver's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 327978[30]. mountain beaver's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2439690[31]. mountain beaver's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180133[32].

Why It Matters

mountain beaver ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,609 views/month, #1,376 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Life expectancy {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+10'}, {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5'}
    Uses burrow
    Color grey, brown
    Diel cycle nocturnal, crepuscular, cathemeral
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