water opossum

Summary

water opossum is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month, #1,428 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• water opossum's image is recorded as Yapok (Chironectes minimus), Uruguay, 1998.jpg^[3].
• water opossum's instance of is recorded as taxon^[4].
• water opossum's taxon rank is recorded as species^[5].
• water opossum's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[6].
• water opossum's parent taxon is recorded as Chironectes^[7].
• water opossum's taxon range map image is recorded as Water Opossum area.png^[8].
• water opossum's taxon name is recorded as Chironectes minimus^[9].
• water opossum's Commons category is recorded as Chironectes minimus^[10].
• water opossum's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 4671^[11].
• water opossum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05689s^[12].
• water opossum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 91500^[13].
• water opossum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552533^[14].
• water opossum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 289603^[15].
• water opossum's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 100307^[16].
• water opossum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219955^[17].
• water opossum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chironectes minimus^[18].
• water opossum's Commons gallery is recorded as Chironectes minimus^[19].
• water opossum's MSW ID is recorded as 10400032^[20].
• water opossum's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[21].
• water opossum's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[22].
• water opossum's original combination is recorded as Lutra minima^[23].
• water opossum's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/water-opossum^[24].
• water opossum's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. minimus'}^[25].
• water opossum's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Water opossum'}^[26].
• water opossum's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Cuica de Agua'}^[27].

Why It Matters

water opossum ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month, #1,428 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]