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North American river otter

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Taxon taxon Q327028
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North American river otter

Summary

North American river otter is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.42% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,734 views/month, #816 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • North American river otter's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • North American river otter is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • North American river otter's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • North American river otter belongs to the parent taxon Lontra[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, North American river otter is Lontra canadensis[7].
  • North American river otter's Commons category is recorded as Lontra canadensis[8].
  • North American river otter's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lontra canadensis[9].
  • North American river otter's Commons gallery is recorded as Lontra canadensis[10].
  • North American river otter's has characteristic is recorded as viviparity[11].
  • North American river otter's short name is recorded as L. canadensis[12].
  • North American river otter is commonly known as North American River Otter[13].
  • North American river otter is commonly known as Nutria de Canadá[14].
  • North American river otter is commonly known as Nutria Norteamericana[15].
  • North American river otter is commonly known as Loutre de rivière[16].
  • North American river otter is commonly known as Loutre du Canada[17].
  • North American river otter is commonly known as North American Otter[18].
  • North American river otter is commonly known as Northern River Otter[19].
  • North American river otter is commonly known as Nordamerikanischer Fischotter[20].
  • North American river otter is commonly known as Vidră americană[21].
  • North American river otter is commonly known as North American otter[22].
  • North American river otter is commonly known as kanadska vidra[23].
  • North American river otter is commonly known as Канадская выдра[24].
  • North American river otter's gestation period is recorded as {'amount': '+62'}[25].
  • North American river otter's longest observed lifespan is recorded as {'amount': '+27'}[26].
  • North American river otter's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Lontra_canadensis[27].

Body

Classification

North American river otter's scientific name is Lontra canadensis[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Lontra[6]. Recorded taxon common name include North American River Otter[13], Nutria de Canadá[14], Nutria Norteamericana[15], Loutre de rivière[16], Loutre du Canada[17], and North American Otter[18].

Identifiers

North American river otter's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41777[28]. North American river otter's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 76717[29]. North American river otter's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559127[30]. North American river otter's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433727[31]. North American river otter's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180549[32].

Why It Matters

North American river otter ranks in the top 0.42% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,734 views/month, #816 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . 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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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. 4w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    Openstreetmap node id → 4880585973
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11693]]: 4880585973, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/4880585973 in United States"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Litter size → {'amount': '+2'}
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    Gestation period → {'amount': '+62'}
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007538662405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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