otter

subfamily of mammals
Taxon taxon Q200184
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otter

Summary

otter is a taxon[1]. otter has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • otter's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • otter is classified at the rank of subfamily[4].
  • otter is classified within Mustelidae[5].
  • otter's scientific name is Lutrinae[6].
  • otter's Commons category is recorded as Lutrinae[7].
  • otter's Unicode character is recorded as 🦦[8].
  • otter's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Otters[9].
  • otter's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • otter's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[11].
  • otter's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • otter's different from is recorded as Wydra[13].
  • otter's hashtag is recorded as otters[14].
  • otter's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES[15].

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Classification

otter's scientific name is Lutrinae[6]. otter is classified at the rank of subfamily[4]. otter belongs to the parent taxon Mustelidae[5].

Identifiers

otter's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 169417[16]. otter's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559128[17]. otter's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552326[18].

Discovery and Description

Things named for otter include Uttran[19], a lake[20], in Sweden[21].

Why It Matters

otter has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] otter is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for otter include Uttran[19], a lake[20], in Sweden[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . imgur.com. Retrieved . imgur.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [22] . 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. 3d ago · Futsuli · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image LutraCanadensis fullres.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Lutrinae species mosaic.jpg"
  2. 24d ago · FlocciNivis · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inaturalist taxon id 526556
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P3151]]: 526556, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1781110391354"
  3. 5w ago · Tholzheim · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Factgrid item id Q1759320
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8168]]: Q1759320, adds FactGrid ID"
  4. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Mustelidae
    Taxon rank subfamily
    Instance of taxon
    Cites appendix Appendix II of CITES
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553471805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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