African elephant

genus comprising two living elephant species
Taxon taxon Q185038
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African elephant

Summary

African elephant is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,616 views/month, #688 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • African elephant's image is recorded as African Bush Elephant.jpg[3].
  • African elephant's image is recorded as Elephant in Botswana.JPG[4].
  • African elephant's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • African elephant's taxon rank is recorded as genus[6].
  • African elephant's parent taxon is recorded as Elephantidae[7].
  • African elephant's parent taxon is recorded as Loxodontini[8].
  • African elephant's taxon range map image is recorded as African Elephant distribution map without borders.svg[9].
  • African elephant's taxon name is recorded as Loxodonta[10].
  • African elephant's subclass of is recorded as elephant[11].
  • African elephant's Commons category is recorded as Loxodonta[12].
  • African elephant's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04_r5c[13].
  • African elephant's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9784[14].
  • African elephant's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584937[15].
  • African elephant's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 36065[16].
  • African elephant's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 43265[17].
  • African elephant's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8686359[18].
  • African elephant's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2435348[19].
  • African elephant's topic's main category is recorded as Category:African elephants[20].
  • African elephant's Commons gallery is recorded as Loxodonta[21].
  • African elephant's MSW ID is recorded as 11500008[22].
  • African elephant's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1273776[23].
  • African elephant's BBC Things ID is recorded as 1a8dda36-6af8-4990-9492-71975da5de26[24].
  • African elephant's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'afriški slon'}[25].
  • African elephant's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+370'}[26].
  • African elephant's EPPO Code is recorded as 1LOXDG[27].

Why It Matters

African elephant ranks in the top 0.35% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,616 views/month, #688 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 33 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] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Fossilworks. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . BBC Things. 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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