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spotted-necked otter

otter native to sub-Saharan Africa
Taxon taxon Q577677
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spotted-necked otter

Summary

spotted-necked otter is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month, #1,543 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • spotted-necked otter's image is recorded as Spotted-necked otter 1.jpg[3].
  • spotted-necked otter's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • spotted-necked otter's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • spotted-necked otter's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Near Threatened[6].
  • spotted-necked otter's parent taxon is recorded as Hydrictis[7].
  • spotted-necked otter's taxon range map image is recorded as Spotted-necked Otter area.png[8].
  • spotted-necked otter's taxon name is recorded as Hydrictis maculicollis[9].
  • spotted-necked otter's Commons category is recorded as Lutra maculicollis[10].
  • spotted-necked otter's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 12420[11].
  • spotted-necked otter's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fmg8b[12].
  • spotted-necked otter's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 452641[13].
  • spotted-necked otter's ITIS TSN is recorded as 622024[14].
  • spotted-necked otter's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 926023[15].
  • spotted-necked otter's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 157464[16].
  • spotted-necked otter's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2434094[17].
  • spotted-necked otter's Commons gallery is recorded as Lutra maculicollis[18].
  • spotted-necked otter's MSW ID is recorded as 14001095[19].
  • spotted-necked otter's original combination is recorded as Lutra maculicollis[20].
  • spotted-necked otter's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. maculicollis'}[21].
  • spotted-necked otter's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Nutria de Cuello Manchado'}[22].
  • spotted-necked otter's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Loutre à cou tacheté'}[23].
  • spotted-necked otter's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Speckle-throated Otter'}[24].
  • spotted-necked otter's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spot-necked Otter'}[25].
  • spotted-necked otter's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spotted-necked Otter'}[26].
  • spotted-necked otter's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African River Otter'}[27].

Why It Matters

spotted-necked otter ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month, #1,543 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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