Mustela lutreola

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q26559
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Summary

Mustela lutreola is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,560 views/month, #1,288 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Critically Endangered[4]
  • Parent taxon: weasel[5]
  • Taxon name: Mustela lutreola[6]
  • Commons category: Mustela lutreola[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mustela lutreola[8]
  • Commons gallery: Mustela lutreola[9]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
  • Original combination: Viverra lutreola[12]
  • Has characteristic: viviparity[13]
  • Short name: M. lutreola[14]
  • Taxon common name: European mink[15], Visón Europeo[16], Vison d'Europe[17], Europäischer Nerz[18], norek evropský[19], vesikko[20], visón européu[21], norka[22], vidrica[23]
  • Gestation period: 53[24]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 8.5[25]
  • Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic: regionally extinct[26]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[27]
  • Regional conservation status: extinct species[28]

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Identifiers

Mustela lutreola's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41805[29]. Mustela lutreola's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9666[30]. Mustela lutreola's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 311519[31]. Mustela lutreola's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219007[32]. Mustela lutreola's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621951[33].

Why It Matters

Mustela lutreola has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
  2. 8w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → European mink, Visón Europeo, Vison d'Europe +7
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||th, sl */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
  3. 17w ago · TadejM · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → European mink, Visón Europeo, Vison d'Europe +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: norka"
  4. 18w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → extinct
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Regional conservation status: extinct, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259821|batch #259821]]"
  5. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gestation period → {'amount': '+53'}
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Longest observed lifespan → {'amount': '+8.5'}
    Instance of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 18561, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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