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Otariidae

family of mammals
Taxon taxon Q26700
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Summary

Otariidae is a taxon[1]. Otariidae ranks in the top 0.58% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,882 views/month, #1,130 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Pinnipedia[4], Caniformia[5]
  • Taxon name: Otariidae[6]
  • Subclass of: seal[7]
  • Commons category: Otariidae[8]
  • Start time: -17100000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Eared seals[10]
  • Commons gallery: Otariidae[11]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[12]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13]
  • Taxon synonym: Otarioidea[14], fur seal[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]

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Identifiers

Otariidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41736[17]. Otariidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9702[18]. Otariidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7667[19]. Otariidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5309[20]. Otariidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180615[21].

Why It Matters

Otariidae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Otariidae is known by 89 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0008077-lachtanoviti
    Instance of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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