African buffalo

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q160042
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African buffalo

Summary

African buffalo is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.3% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,380 views/month, #585 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • African buffalo's image is recorded as African Buffalo.JPG[3].
  • African buffalo's image is recorded as Syncerus caffer in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve 02.jpg[4].
  • African buffalo's image is recorded as Syncerus caffer africa.jpg[5].
  • African buffalo's instance of is recorded as taxon[6].
  • African buffalo's taxon rank is recorded as species[7].
  • African buffalo's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Near Threatened[8].
  • African buffalo's parent taxon is recorded as Syncerus[9].
  • African buffalo's taxon name is recorded as Syncerus caffer[10].
  • African buffalo's GND ID is recorded as 4140575-4[11].
  • African buffalo's Commons category is recorded as Syncerus caffer[12].
  • African buffalo's start time is recorded as -700000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • African buffalo's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 21251[14].
  • African buffalo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qkzc[15].
  • African buffalo's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9970[16].
  • African buffalo's ITIS TSN is recorded as 183847[17].
  • African buffalo's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328707[18].
  • African buffalo's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 149719[19].
  • African buffalo's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441034[20].
  • African buffalo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Syncerus caffer[21].
  • African buffalo's Commons gallery is recorded as Syncerus caffer[22].
  • African buffalo's MSW ID is recorded as 14200707[23].
  • African buffalo's spoken text audio is recorded as Ru-African buffalo (intro).ogg[24].
  • African buffalo's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[25].
  • African buffalo's original combination is recorded as Bos caffer[26].
  • African buffalo's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Cape-buffalo[27].

Why It Matters

African buffalo ranks in the top 0.3% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,380 views/month, #585 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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