African elephant

Summary

African elephant is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,479 views/month, #688 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• African elephant's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• African elephant is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• African elephant belongs to the parent taxon Elephantidae^[5].
• African elephant is classified within Loxodontini^[6].
• Under binomial nomenclature, African elephant is Loxodonta^[7].
• African elephant is a type of elephant^[8].
• African elephant's Commons category is recorded as Loxodonta^[9].
• African elephant's topic's main category is recorded as Category:African elephants^[10].
• African elephant's Commons gallery is recorded as Loxodonta^[11].
• African elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'afriški slon'}^[12].
• African elephant's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+370'}^[13].
• African elephant's gestation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q5151', 'amount': '+22'}^[14].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, African elephant is Loxodonta^[7]. It is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Elephantidae^[5] and Loxodontini^[6]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'afriški slon'}^[12].

Identifiers

African elephant's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43693^[15]. African elephant's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9784^[16]. African elephant's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 36065^[17]. Recorded GBIF taxon ID include 8686359^[18] and 2435348^[19]. African elephant's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584937^[20].

Why It Matters

African elephant ranks in the top 0.35% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,479 views/month, #688 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]