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Allen's Cotton Rat

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Taxon taxon Q1768046
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Allen's Cotton Rat

Summary

Allen's Cotton Rat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month, #1,629 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Allen's Cotton Rat's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Allen's Cotton Rat is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Joel Asaph Allen is named after Allen's Cotton Rat[5].
  • Allen's Cotton Rat's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[6].
  • Allen's Cotton Rat's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[7].
  • Allen's Cotton Rat is classified within Sigmodon[8].
  • Allen's Cotton Rat's scientific name is Sigmodon alleni[9].
  • Allen's Cotton Rat's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'S. alleni'}[10].
  • Allen's Cotton Rat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Allen's Cotton Rat"}[11].
  • Allen's Cotton Rat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Allen’s Cotton Rat'}[12].
  • Allen's Cotton Rat is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Allen-Baumwollratte'}[13].

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Classification

Allen's Cotton Rat's scientific name is Sigmodon alleni[9]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Sigmodon[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': "it"}[11], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Allen’s Cotton Rat'}[12], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Allen-Baumwollratte'}[13].

Discovery and Description

Joel Asaph Allen is named after Allen's Cotton Rat[5].

Identifiers

Allen's Cotton Rat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 44896[14]. Allen's Cotton Rat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 129434[15]. Allen's Cotton Rat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1180134[16]. Allen's Cotton Rat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2438158[17]. Allen's Cotton Rat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 633356[18].

Why It Matters

Allen's Cotton Rat ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month, #1,629 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Joel Asaph Allen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Enwebb · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Sigmodon
    Instance of → —
    Iucn conservation status → Vulnerable, Least Concern
    Taxon rank → species
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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