Alligator snapping turtle

Summary

Alligator snapping turtle is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.28% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,293 views/month, #537 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alligator snapping turtle's image is recorded as Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) (35856633000).jpg^[3].
• Alligator snapping turtle's image is recorded as Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) by Sam Stukel, USFWS (52459090278).jpg^[4].
• Alligator snapping turtle's instance of is recorded as taxon^[5].
• Alligator snapping turtle's taxon rank is recorded as species^[6].
• Alligator snapping turtle's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Endangered status^[7].
• Alligator snapping turtle's parent taxon is recorded as Macrochelys^[8].
• Alligator snapping turtle's endemic to is recorded as United States^[9].
• Alligator snapping turtle's taxon name is recorded as Macrochelys temminckii^[10].
• Alligator snapping turtle's Commons category is recorded as Macrochelys temminckii^[11].
• Alligator snapping turtle's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 232775771^[12].
• Alligator snapping turtle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047ctp^[13].
• Alligator snapping turtle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 571338^[14].
• Alligator snapping turtle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 668671^[15].
• Alligator snapping turtle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 791511^[16].
• Alligator snapping turtle's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 172868^[17].
• Alligator snapping turtle's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220318^[18].
• Alligator snapping turtle's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 1026089^[19].
• Alligator snapping turtle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Macrochelys temminckii^[20].
• Alligator snapping turtle's Commons gallery is recorded as Macrochelys temminckii^[21].
• Alligator snapping turtle's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/alligator-snapping-turtle^[22].
• Alligator snapping turtle's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. temminckii'}^[23].
• Alligator snapping turtle's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Alligator snapping turtle'}^[24].
• Alligator snapping turtle's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Alligator Snapping Turtle'}^[25].
• Alligator snapping turtle's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'tartuga caimán'}^[26].
• Alligator snapping turtle's Dyntaxa ID is recorded as 6011890^[27].

Why It Matters

Alligator snapping turtle ranks in the top 0.28% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,293 views/month, #537 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]