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African civet

largest representative of the African Viverridae
Taxon taxon Q241256
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African civet

Summary

African civet is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (566 views/month, #1,245 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • African civet's image is recorded as Civettictis civetta 11.jpg[3].
  • African civet's image is recorded as AfricanCivet.jpg[4].
  • African civet's image is recorded as African civet.jpg[5].
  • African civet's instance of is recorded as taxon[6].
  • African civet's taxon rank is recorded as species[7].
  • African civet's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[8].
  • African civet's parent taxon is recorded as Civettictis[9].
  • African civet's taxon name is recorded as Civettictis civetta[10].
  • African civet's Commons category is recorded as Civettictis civetta[11].
  • African civet's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 41695[12].
  • African civet's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04qkbv[13].
  • African civet's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 94186[14].
  • African civet's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621988[15].
  • African civet's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328092[16].
  • African civet's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 231967[17].
  • African civet's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2434634[18].
  • African civet's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Civettictis civetta[19].
  • African civet's Commons gallery is recorded as Civettictis civetta[20].
  • African civet's MSW ID is recorded as 14000378[21].
  • African civet's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22].
  • African civet's original combination is recorded as Viverra civetta[23].
  • African civet's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/African-civet[24].
  • African civet's this taxon is source of is recorded as civet[25].
  • African civet's this taxon is source of is recorded as civet aroma[26].
  • African civet's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. civetta'}[27].

Why It Matters

African civet ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (566 views/month, #1,245 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 23 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] ↑ . On the Feet and Glands and other External Characters of the Viverrinae, with the description of a New Genus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 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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