muskrat
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Summary
muskrat is a taxon[1]. muskrat ranks in the top 0.2% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,982 views/month, #391 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
- Parent taxon: Ondatra[5]
- Taxon name: Ondatra zibethicus[6]
- Commons category: Ondatra zibethicus[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ondatra zibethicus[8]
- Commons gallery: Ondatra zibethicus[9]
- Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], The New Student's Reference Work[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13]
- Original combination: Castor zibethicus[14]
- This taxon is source of: muskrat meat[15]
- Short name: O. zibethicus[16]
- Taxon common name: Muskrat[17], Common Muskrat[18], Bisamratte[19], ondatra pižmová[20], muskusrat[21], rat musqué[22], Bisam, Bisamratte[23], piisami[24], bisam[25], rata almizclera[26], pižmovka[27], piżmak amerykański[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]
- Invasive to: European Union[30]
- Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic: not evaluated[31]
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Identifiers
muskrat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 45763[32]. muskrat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10060[33]. muskrat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 313678[34]. muskrat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219858[35]. muskrat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180318[36].
Discovery and Description
Things named for muskrat include Rivière aux Rats[37], a river[38], in Canada[39].
Why It Matters
muskrat has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] muskrat is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for muskrat include Rivière aux Rats[37], a river[38], in Canada[39].